Legal Opinion

State v. Gunnoe

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 22, 1914PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Willard Gunnoe was convicted of murder in the second degree, and brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

LyNCh, Judge :

Having been adjudged guilty and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for murder in the second degree, upon evidence wholly circumstantial, Willard Gunnoe seeks reversal upon writ of error.

By the first bill of exceptions, defendant invites consideration of a ruling upon the refusal of the prosecuting attorney to permit his counsel to interview Ocie Mullins, a sister of the deceased, and who then was, and until after the indictment and conviction of Gunnoe remained, in jail, jointly accused with defendant of the same offense. This assignment, however, we need not discuss;…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Graves v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  3. State v. WelchWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Dean v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1879
  5. State v. MusgraveWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
  2. State v. FergusonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  3. State v. BailWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1955
  4. State v. WorleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
  5. State v. McHenryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1923

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