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UNITED STATES v. SKEEN

Civ. No. 434-F.

126 F.Supp. 24 (1954)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Robert CLARK, Petitioner, v. Orel J. SKEEN, Warden of West Virginia State Penitentiary.

United States District Court, N. D. West Virginia, Fairmont Division.

November 23, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell L. Furbee, Fairmont, W. Va., for petitioner.

John G. Fox, Atty. Gen., and Robert E. Magnuson, Asst. Atty Gen., for respondent.

WATKINS, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Robert Clark, a state prisoner, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming illegal detention in the West Virginia Penitentiary. Petitioner has been sentenced to life imprisonment under the West Virginia Habitual Criminal statute, which sentence was imposed by the Criminal Court of Harrison County, West Virginia on April 14, 1950. Petitioner was tried and convicted for larceny of an automobile. Subsequent to conviction...

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