Legal Opinion

State v. Collins

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided January 21, 1985No. 15767PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Justice.

Leon Collins, the defendant, was convicted of two counts of attempted aggravated robbery, involving two clerks at a store, and one count of malicious wounding, inflicted on one of the clerks. We conclude that two of the defendant’s assignments of error — that an improper alibi instruction was given over his objection and that double jeopardy principles foreclose his being convicted of two attempted aggravated robberies — warrant a reversal of his conviction. Other assignments of error which we find to be without merit are: (1) the admission of testimony as to the defendant’s…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited72 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. State v. BernalNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2006
  2. State v. EnglandWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1988
  3. State v. GillWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Borchardt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
  5. People v. BorghesiSupreme Court of Colorado · 2003

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