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State v. Caudill

Citations

  • 289 S.E.2d 748
  • 170 W. Va. 74
  • 1982 W. Va. LEXIS 739

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  • \In a criminal trial an accomplice may testify as a witness on behalf of the State to having entered a plea of guilty to the crime charged against a defendant[.]\
  • guilty plea made by accom-. plice cannot be used in an attempt to show guilt by association; testimony having that intent and so limited as to achieve that intent is error
  • guilty plea of accomplice cannot be used to show guilt by association

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Judges: McHUGH

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