State v. Cheshire
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
McGRAW, Justice:
This is an appeal by Georgia Jean Cheshire from her convictions for two offenses of forgery and uttering in the Circuit Court of Mineral County. Conviction was had for each offense upon a guilty plea. The appellant was sentenced to two concurrent terms of imprisonment in the West Virginia State Prison for Women at Pence Springs of not less than one nor more than ten years. The appellant contends she is mentally incompetent and the circuit court therefore erred in accepting her guilty pleas and in denying her motion to set aside her convictions. She also argues that the court…
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