Legal Opinion

State v. Brown

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided May 9, 1922PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POEFENBARGER, PRESIDENT :

On this writ of error to a judgment imposing a sentence of life imprisonment, upon the plaintiff in error, under the provisions of sec. 24 of ch. 152 of the Code, apparently on his fourth conviction of the offense of unlawful carrying of deadly weapons, and proof that he had twice before been punished by •confinement in the Penitentiary of this State, sufficiency of the ■verdict is challenged only on account of its form, and the judgment is complained of on the ground of erroneous interpretation of the verdict, as well as departure from the .law, correct…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. StaleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
  2. State v. HarrWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Benton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1893
  4. State v. NewsomWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
  5. Stover v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Wanstreet v. BordenkircherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
  2. State v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Ronald F. Goodloe v. Robert Parratt, Warden, Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
  4. State v. WilliamsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
  5. McComas v. WarthWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1932

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