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Requests for Oral Presentation
and
Petitions for Appeal

January 8, 1998

1.    Tammy Nunley Doss v. Robert Lee Doss, No. 972324.
    Defendant appeals final order in divorce action.

REFUSE 4-0

2.    State of West Virginia v. Eugene E. Whitt, No. 972323.
    Defendant appeals conviction of conspiracy.

REFUSE 4-0

3.    Dennis Maguire v. State of West Virginia, No. 972329.
    Defendant appeals denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in an extradition matter.

REFUSE 4-0

4.    Charles E. Kinser v. Maudie Kinser, No. 972485.
    Wife appeals arrearages order regarding child support and alimony.

GRANT 4-0
[S.O.B.]

5.    Kings Daughters Housing v. James Paige, No. 972482.    
    State Tax Commissioner appeals ruling finding that taxpayer is exempt from state sales tax.
    
ACCEPT FOR MOTION DOCKET

6.    State of West Virginia v. Gregory D. Boggess, No. 971130.
    Defendant appeals first degree murder conviction. Sentenced to life with mercy.
ACCEPT FOR MOTION DOCKET

7.    State of West Virginia v. Michael Salmons., No. 972252. Defendant appeals his convictions for kidnaping and aggravated robbery. The defendant

was sentenced to life with mercy on the kidnaping charge and to a 30-year concurrent term of the aggravated robbery charge.

ACCEPT FOR MOTION DOCKET

8.    Anoushirvan Adel-Sabzevarum v. Behrokh Eghbali, No. 972278. Petitioner, ex-husband, appeals the grant of permanent, rather than rehabilitative, alimony. Response filed.

REFUSE 4-0

9.    In re: Petition of Donald Christian, No. 972328. Petitioner, husband of the now deceased mother of the child (step-father), appeals the circuit court's decision permitting the maternal grandparents to adopt the child. Response filed.
ACCEPT FOR MOTION DOCKET

10.    State of West Virginia v. Dennis B. Burch, No. 972327. Defendant appeals his conviction of First Degree Murder with a recommendation of mercy.
ACCEPT FOR MOTION DOCKET

11.    Mervin Henson et al. v. West Virginia Dept. of Transportation, No. 972325. Petitioners, property owners, appeal the dismissal of their petition for a writ of mandamus that sought to require the Division of Highways to compel the institution of eminent domain proceedings because of the flooding of the petitioners' property.

GRANT 4-0

12.    Mingo County BOE (Jada Hunter, Intervenor) v. Frank Jones, No. 972479. Petitioner, the unsuccessful candidate for a position as principal, appeals the circuit court's decision awarding the position to Ms. Hunter, the intervenor. The circuit court reversed the ALJ's decision finding that the petitioner, as the only qualified applicant who applied when the position was first posted, should have been hired. Response filed by intervenor.

ACCEPT FOR MOTION DOCKET