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STATE EX REL. RIDENOUR v. LEVERETTE

No. 14288.

271 S.E.2d 612 (1980)

STATE ex rel. Gary L. RIDENOUR v. Bobby LEVERETTE, Superintendent, West Virginia Penitentiary

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 5, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles V. Wehner, Kingwood, for plaintiff.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Gregory W. Bailey and Howard E. Krauskopf, Asst. Attys. Gen., Charleston, for defendant.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Gary Lyn Ridenour was tried and convicted of first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Preston County and was sentenced to life imprisonment with mercy. No appeal was taken from that conviction. In 1977 he filed a habeas corpus petition in this Court pro se alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. A writ issued and was made returnable to Preston County, where that court then appointed counsel to represent petitioner. Counsel filed...

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