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.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 62. Criminal Procedure
Article 7. Execution of Sentences; Stays
§62-7-2. Period of Stay When Writ of Error Awarded
§62-7-7. Removal of Convicts to Penitentiary -- Generally
§62-7-8. Same -- Prevention of Rescue or Escape; Additional Guards
§62-7-9. Same -- Immunity of Guards From Arrest