West Virginia Supreme Court· 3/11/1987

State v. Brown

Citations

355 S.E.2d 614
177 W. Va. 633
1987 W. Va. LEXIS 483

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finding that there was no reason to question the trial judge’s impartiality and that the judge’s “rulings on the appellant’s pretrial motions had a reasonable basis in law”
finding that there was no reason to question the trial judge’s impartiality and that the judge’s “rulings on the appellant’s pretrial motions had a reasonable basis in law”
stating that relationship to law enforcement officer did not create per se bias of juror, and that juror’s relationship to judicial officer is less suggestive of potential bias than relationship to prosecution or defense
finding no error in failing to strike for cause two prospective jurors related by marriage to law enforcement officers and a third juror who was related to a deputy sheriff and married to a former employee of the sheriffs office
affirming 60-year prison term for convictions at trial for the crimes of aggravated robbery and sexual abuse in the first degree and noting that the defendant “expressed no remorse for the crimes which had been committed or sympathy for the victim”
upheld 60 year sentence for aggravated robbery

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Judges: McGRAW

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