A writ of error, awarded under the provisions of article five, chapter fifty-eight of this code to any judgment of a circuit court referred to in the preceding section, shall operate as a stay of proceedings in the case until the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeals therein. A writ of error awarded under the provisions of article four, chapter fifty-eight of this code, to any judgment of a court of record of limited jurisdiction, by a circuit court or the judge thereof, shall operate as a stay of proceedings in the case until the decision of the circuit court therein.
W. Va. Code § 62-7-2
Period of stay when writ of error awarded
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State of West Virginia v. Gerald Doom (2016)
Most recently applied in State of West Virginia v. Gerald Doom (September 2016)
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