Legal Opinion

State v. Wood

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided July 14, 1995No. 22575PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McHUGH, Chief Justice:

Following a one-day jury trial, the appellant, Forrest M. Wood, was convicted of two counts of first degree sexual assault and two counts of incest in the Circuit Court of Cabell County. The appellant was sentenced to prison terms of fifteen to thirty-five years on each of the first degree sexual assault counts and to five to fifteen years on each of the incest counts, with all sentences running consecutively.

The appellant appeals his convictions raising the following four assignments of error: (1) whether the admission of the testimony of Mr. Donald Pace, a teacher,…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. Edward Charles L.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1990
  3. State v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
  4. United States v. Anthony Damian AzureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
  5. State v. RimmaschUtah Supreme Court · 1989

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  3. State Ex Rel. Waldron v. ScottWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2008
  4. State v. MartinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2009
  5. Tex S. v. Karen Pszczolokowski, WardenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2015

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