CAPLAN, Justice:
This is an appeal by Joseph Carrico from a final order of the Circuit Court of Wayne County wherein the appellant was denied relief in habeas corpus.
On April 2, 1971, upon a trial by jury, the appellant was convicted of the offense of forcible rape and, under the then effective statute, W.Va. Code, 1931, 61-2-15, as amended, the jury having recommended mercy, said appellant was sentenced to confinement
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