Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. White v. Mohn
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided November 3, 1981No. 14785PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Justice:
On December 11, 1972, appellee Jesse W. White, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary by the Common Pleas Court of Cabell County. He was previously convicted by a jury of first degree murder.
By an order entered on September 7, 1979, the Circuit Court of Marshall County awarded appellee a writ of habeas corpus. The Court declared White’s conviction of first degree murder void and stayed the execution of the order to permit the State to take this appeal. The basis for the lower court’s ruling was that at White’s criminal trial two inculpatory statements…
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