Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 27, 1983No. 15746PublishedCited by 133 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McGRAW, Chief Justice:

David Williams appeals from the final order of the Circuit Court of McDowell County sentencing him to imprisonment in the West Virginia Penitentiary for Men at Moundsville. The appellant was convicted after a jury trial of the following crimes: murder of the first degree without a recommendation of mercy, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole; arson in the first degree, for which he was sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of not less than two nor more than twenty years; robbery, for which he was sentenced to a…

2Cases cited66 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Harris v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. State v. StarkeyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by133 opinions

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  3. State v. FortnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1989
  4. State v. HumphreyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1986
  5. State v. GumWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983

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