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RICHARDS v. COINER

Civ. A. No. C-68-21-E

290 F.Supp. 922 (1968)

Watt RICHARDS, Petitioner, v. Ira M. COINER, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. West Virginia.

October 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Del Roy Harner, Elkins, W. Va., for petitioner.

C. Donald Robertson, Atty. Gen., of West Virginia, Morton I. Taber, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, W. Va., for respondent.

MAXWELL, Chief Judge.

Petitioner is presently serving a life sentence in the West Virginia State Penitentiary. The sentence was imposed by the Circuit Court of Boone County on May 20, 1960, following Petitioner's guilty plea to a murder indictment. Petitioner filed in this Court a petition for a writ of federal habeas corpus. Counsel was appointed and a plenary hearing was held on September 16, 1968.

Petitioner's basic contention is that he plead guilty to...

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