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Office of the Clerk Case Topics: Criminal Information about WV Supreme Court cases in the area of criminal law Summaries of all January 2007 opinions posted - corrected
Summaries of all 62 opinions issued in the January 2007 term of court are now posted. The summaries are in three groups. Issue 91, posted on March 2, 2007, contains summaries of the first ten opinions of the term. Issue #92, posted August 22, contains summaries of 45 opinions. Finally, Issue #93, posted August 28, contains seven opinion summaries that were inadvertently omitted from Issue #92. The opinion summaries are also available on three general category pages: Civil, Criminal, and Family. The first court day of the September term will take place on September 11th, with a Motion Docket and Argument Docket. Most of the dockets and briefs are now posted on the September calendar page. [Permanent Link] Google It!CRIMINAL :: Improper comment on defendant's silence was plain error STATE v. BRIAN DANIEL MURRAY, No. 33193 (Per Curiam)(Davis, C.J., dissenting)(Maynard, J., dissenting)(Benjamin, J., concurring)(June 5, 2007). Defendant appealed following jury conviction in the Circuit Court of Morgan County for the offenses of failing to render aid at an automobile accident involving death and failure to maintain control of his vehicle. Applying plain error analysis to conclude that the prosecution improperly commented on the defendant's failure to testify. [Permanent Link] Google It!
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