Legal Opinion

State v. Corbin

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 17, 1936No. 8283PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Kenna, Judge:

Frank Corbin was convicted in the Criminal Court of Harrison County of voluntary manslaughter, and was sentenced to five years imprisonment. To the judgment of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, declining to grant a writ of error, he prosecutes this writ of error.

The first question to be disposed of is the state’s motion to dismiss this writ of error. The order of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, declining to entertain defendant’s application for a writ of error from that court, declined the writ “agreeable to the provisions of section 7, article 4, chapter 58 of the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. State v. Morris and JohnsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1924
  3. State v. JusticeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. BaumgartnerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
  5. Moran v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1929

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State v. HamricWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966
  2. State v. MaynardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1990
  3. State v. GangwerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Keller v. WonnWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Hawkins v. PerryUtah Supreme Court · 1953

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