Legal Opinion

State v. Cunningham

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided July 20, 1977No. 13716PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McGraw, Justice:

In plea bargaining arrangements in the Circuit Court of Nicholas County, William John Cunningham, on June 30, 1975, entered a guilty plea to a charge of unarmed robbery, a lesser offense embraced in an indictment for the armed robbery of Orval Hoover on the _ day of September, 1974. On the guilty plea, the trial court denied probation and sentenced the defendant to serve an indeterminate sentence of from five to eighteen years in the state penitentiary. W. Va. Code, 61-2-12. The trial court’s two judgment orders of August 20, 1975, are before the Court for review on a writ of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. Call v. McKenzieWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1975

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  3. State v. BeckettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
  4. State v. HarlessWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
  5. State v. HoustonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980

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