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State v. Adams

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Jul 23, 1960
115 S.E.2d 496 (W. Va. 1960)

Opinion

No. 12060

Submitted July 19, 1960.

Decided July 23, 1960.

Prisoner discharged.

Frank L. Taylor, Jr., for relator. W. W. Barron, Attorney General, George H. Mitchell, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.


The petitioner in the instant proceeding is one of those persons jointly indicted with Robert Vandal, see State ex rel. Vandal v. Adams, Warden, etc., 145 W. Va. 566, 115 S.E.2d 489, decided at this term of Court, and this proceeding is controlled by the decision in that case.

Prisoner discharged.


Summaries of

State v. Adams

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Jul 23, 1960
115 S.E.2d 496 (W. Va. 1960)
Case details for

State v. Adams

Case Details

Full title:STATE ex rel . MELVIN GERST v. D. E. ADAMS, Warden, WEST VIRGINIA…

Court:Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

Date published: Jul 23, 1960

Citations

115 S.E.2d 496 (W. Va. 1960)
115 S.E.2d 496

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