State v. Stevenson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit, Mercer County. Frank Stevenson was convicted of murder, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PÓEFENBARGER, JüDGE:
Frank Stevenson, under sentence of death by the criminal court of Mercer county, on his plea of guilty, had his case in this Court once before on a writ of error and procured a reversal of the judgment, as will appear from the report of the decision found in 64 W. Va. 392. After the case was remanded, *555he renewed Ms motion for permission to withdraw his piea of guilty, bnt the court, after overruling it, again sentenced him to death, and he obtained a second writ of error.
The order in which the motion was overruled shows no exception to the action of the court, but it…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. TaylorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Griffith v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
- State v. StevensonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
- Mounts v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
- McKendree v. SheltonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
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