State v. Long
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Charles Amos Long was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lively* Judge:
Charles Amos Long was convicted of murder in the second degree in the Circuit Court of Wetzel County and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of 12 years, and prosecutes this writ.
The defendant was a merchant and real estate dealer residing in the town of Pine Grove in Wetzel County and the evidence tended to show that in the late afternoon and evening of April 16, 1919, he became intoxicated and was'recklessly operating his automobile over the streets of that town and was told that he must be arrested by Clem Long, a policeman of the town, for that offense.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- State v. CainWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
- State v. PraterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- State v. LutzWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
- State v. McCauslandWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
- State v. DoddsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Addair v. BryantWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
- State v. ReppertWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1949
- State v. PowersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
- State Ex Rel. State v. GustkeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1999
- Catlette v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1943
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