State v. Griffith
West Virginia Supreme Court
Certified Question from Circuit Court, Mason County. W. H. Griffith was charged with murder. A plea to the jurisdiction was overruled, and question certified.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge :
The questions certified by the circuit court of Mason County for review relate to a1 ruling on a plea denying the right of that court to exercise jurisdiction to consider and upon the verdict of a jury to determine the guilt or innocence of W. H. (Holly) Griffith for the murder of Ira Eoush in that county J an. 14, 1921, for which a grand jury duly convened and organized presented him for trial. Briefly stated and fairly condensed, the question is whether a person who has once been convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment during life in the state…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Graham v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- State v. GrahamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
- Singleton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1894
3Cited by6 opinions
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- City of Beckley v. HatcherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
- City of Beckley v. HatcherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
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