State Supreme Court hears criminal, Sunday hunting appeals
ROMNEY - At least one student thinks that a Morgan County defendant convicted of sexual assault and other charges should get a new trial based on new evidence and West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Davis noted that despite her personal feelings about the man, he is entitled to a fair trial.The comments came as part of LAWS Day, a program sponsored by the state Supreme Court to further legal education to high school and college students. The event was held in Hampshire County where Justices Robin Davis, Joseph Albright, Brent Benjamin and Elliott Maynard convened to hear four separate appeals. Students attending the day's activities were from Potomac State College, Pendleton, Hampshire and Hardy high schools and from the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind.In the first criminal case, Denver Youngblood was convicted by a Morgan County Circuit Court jury of two counts of sexual assault, two counts of brandishing a firearm, wanton endangerment involving a firearm and indecent exposure.