Legal Opinion
State v. Lewis
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided September 29, 1953No. 10576PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Riley, Judge:
In this criminal proceeding of State of West Virginia against Hubert Lewis, the State of West Virginia prosecutes this writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pocahontas County, which sustained defendant’s motion to quash the indictment and ordered that the indictment be quashed and dismissed, and that the defendant be released from custody, to go without day.
On March 10, 1953, the Grand Jury of Pocahontas County indicted the defendant for the larceny of a certain tweed overcoat of the value of seventy-five dollars. The indictment read:
“State of West Virginia,
“County…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. McMillionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1927
- State v. PenningtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
- Cool v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- State v. CrummittWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1946
- State v. ThompsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. GoodnightWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- State Ex Rel. State v. ReedWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1999
- Samuel F. Tincher v. Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- State v. HenslerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1992
- State Ex Rel. Toney v. MillsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
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