State v. Kellison
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Pocahontas County. Jerome Kellison was convicted oi murder in the first degree, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBAGER, PRESIDENT:
Jerome Kellison, convicted of murder of the first degree, in the circuit court of Pocahontas county, and sentenced to life imprisonment, complains of alleged errors in the judgment.
The order entered on the 4th day of October, 1899, merely shows the return of the indictment, and no other order in the case was made until the 2d day of October, 1901, when the accused was arrainged and entered his plea of not guilty and took a continuance. As more than three regular terms of the court, after the finding of the indictment, had passed without a trial, and the record did not…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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