Legal Opinion

Boggess v. Briers

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided May 9, 1950No. 10270PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Fox, Judge:

At the June term, 1949, of the Common Pleas Court of Cabell County, the petitioner, Wallace Rumsey Boggess, was indicted for a felony under Code, 61-2-9, covering the offenses of malicious and unlawful wounding. On July 7, 1949, he was arraigned in said court on the charge aforesaid, and entered a plea of guilty to unlawful wounding, being represented at the time by counsel of his own choosing. Sentence on such plea was deferred until August 5, 1949, when petitioner was sentenced to serve a term of not less than one and not more than five years in the penitentiary of this State. He…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. HarrisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Doak v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1923
  3. State Ex Rel. Nutter v. MacEWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
  4. Hunt v. AllenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1948
  5. State v. FugateWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1927

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cole v. LangloisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1965
  2. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1966

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