Legal Opinion

State v. Wisman

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 5, 1923PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Lively, Judge:

James Wisman was convicted of an unlawful assault upon Walter Adkins, and on the 29th of June, 1922, sentenced to confinement in the.penitentiary for two years. This writ is to review that sentence.

The main facts are detailed in the case of State v. George Wisman, 93 W. Va. 183, 116 S. E. 698, to which reference is made. The affray out of which the indictment arose occurred at the store building of George Hodges, which was occupied by him in part as a dwelling. It appears that some degree of ill feeling existed between the Wismans and *226Adkinses. The affray occurred in the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State v. CainWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
  2. State v. GreerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  3. State v. SheppardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Parker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1894
  5. McCue v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Mills v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1987
  2. State v. WooldridgeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1946
  3. State v. LessWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
  4. State v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1986
  5. State v. NobleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1924

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