District Court, N.D. West Virginia October 10, 1968, Civ. A. No. C-68-21-E (Richards v. Coiner)

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.