State v. Vance

124 S.E.2d 252 (1962)

STATE of West Virginia

v.

George VANCE.

No. 12123.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 23, 1962.

Decided February 13, 1962.

Dissenting Opinion March 6, 1962.

Glyn Dial Ellis, Logan, for plaintiff in error.

C. Donald Robertson, Atty. Gen., George H. Mitchell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

HAYMOND, Judge.

In the trial of an indictment against the defendant, George Vance, for the crime of statutory rape, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged and, the State having waived the death penalty, the Circuit Court of Logan County by final…