STATE EX REL. WIMMER v. TRENT

No. 23554.

487 S.E.2d 302 (1997)

199 W.Va. 644

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Dickie F. WIMMER, Petitioner Below, Appellant, v. George TRENT, Warden, West Virginia Penitentiary, Respondent Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided March 21, 1997.

Rehearing Refused June 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lena S. Hill, L.C., Pineville, for Appellant.

Rory L. Perry, II., Assistant Attorney GeneralCharleston, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal by Dickie F. Wimmer from a decision of the Circuit Court of Wyoming County denying him relief in a habeas corpus proceeding. Mr. Wimmer is presently confined in the West Virginia Penitentiary serving two life sentences for the murder of his son and his daughter, and in this proceeding he is claiming that he was denied effective assistance of counsel during his trial for the murder of his son...

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