Legal Opinion
Cannellas v. McKenzie
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1977No. 13888Published
1Opinion of the Court
236 S.E.2d 327 (1977)
Joe CANNELLAS
v.
Arthur L. McKENZIE, Warden, West Virginia Penitentiary.
No. 13888.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
June 21, 1977.
Dissenting Opinion July 15, 1977.
Joseph S. Beeson, Love, Wise, Robinson & Woodroe, Charleston, for relator.
Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., John MacCorkle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.
NEELY, Justice:
The petitioner, Joe Cannellas, was tried by a McDowell County jury upon an indictment for forcible rape of a sixteen year old girl. The jury returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation of mercy, and on December…
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