West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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Braxton magistrate will go before grand jury, prosecutor says
SUTTON – Criminal charges against Braxton County Magistrate Carolyn Cruickshanks will come before a grand jury in August, according to county prosecutor Daniel Dodson. -
Supreme Court's meth reversal sparks political debate
Maynard CHARLESTON – Driving someone else's car with two passengers, cold medicine, matches and syringes in it does not add up to conspiracy to make methamphetamine, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled. -
Starcher takes aim at Benjamin for 'gift' comment
Starcher CHARLESTON - Justice Larry Starcher of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals rebuked Justice Brent Benjamin for describing a decision granting a new trial to a criminal defendant as a gift. -
A summit on children
Davis CHARLESTON -- United by a resolve to protect children from abuse and neglect, leaders from 41 states attended "A Summit on Children: It's Their Future – Ours Too!" in New York City in March 2007. -
Supreme Court makes changes in Mass Litigation Panel
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has appointed two new Circuit Court judges to the Mass Litigation Panel and named a new chairman. -
Pharmacies don't provide health care, Supreme Court rules
Starcher CHARLESTON – Pharmacies do not provide health care, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has decided. -
Physicians Mutual already paying back state loan, 28 years early
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Physicians' Mutual Insurance Company has started paying off a $24 million state loan, 28 years ahead of schedule. -
Drug makers must warn patients of risks, Justices rule
Davis CHARLESTON – Drug companies cannot escape liability for harmful prescriptions in West Virginia by laying all responsibility on doctors, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled June 27. -
Benjamin criticizes majority in Youngblood dissent
Benjamin CHARLESTON - Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals who awarded a new trial to sexual assault suspect Denver Youngblood tried to sanitize him, Justice Brent Benjamin wrote in dissent. -
Starcher commends courage of convicted woman
Starcher CHARLESTON - Justice Larry Starcher of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals pleaded passionately for Valerie Whittaker, vouching not only for her innocence but also for her courage. -
Justices side with insurer in Explorer wreck case
CHARLESTON – Terry Mace and Donald Mace sold a wreck to Liberty Mutual Insurance for scrap and then sued the insurer for scrapping it. -
Court says judge needs to decide when plaintiff became sane
CHARLESTON -- To extend the statute of limitations for a man who suffered temporary mental illness, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals stretched the words "at the same time" to mean a few days. -
Braxton magistrate won't get paid during suspension
Benjamin CHARLESTON- Braxton County Magistrate Carolyn Cruickshanks cannot draw her pay while on suspension for allegedly helping her son set up a jail inmate for retaliation, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled. -
Justices order new trial in Mingo wrecker case
Starcher CHARLESTON – Mingo Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury rewarded wrecker Kenneth Cox for deceitfully holding a vehicle, according to a May 25 opinion of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. -
Justices uphold man's conviction in child's death in hot car
CHARLESTON – Adonis Thompson, who slept while his two-year-old son died in a hot car, failed to convince the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals that he did not commit a crime. -
Justices grant new trial to rape suspect
Davis CHARLESTON – Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court convinced Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to grant a new trial to rape suspect Denver Youngblood Jr. -
Court back Putnam school board in fatal wreck case
CHARLESTON – Larry Jackson helped son Timothy break a travel rule of the Winfield High School show choir. -
Kanawha Magistrate Aaron reads to 753 students
CHARLESTON -- Kanawha County Magistrate Kim Aaron has participated in the "Robes to Schools" program by reading to 753 students in a dozen Kanawha County schools. -
Judge biased jurors, Supreme Court rules
Starcher CHARLESTON – Circuit Judge Richard Facemire biased Clay County jurors against a defendant by acting like a prosecutor, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals unanimously ruled May 15.