{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-7-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 62-7-2","heading":"Period of stay when writ of error awarded.","body":"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.","path":["CHAPTER 62. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.","ARTICLE 7. EXECUTION OF SENTENCES; STAYS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/62-7-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:36Z","sha256":"5c10482052a7fb67cde23804831cb4e0c7fe50f4b393094a76fd8c288cc1ebe7","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-7-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-7-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}