Tuesday, March 6, 2001

CABELL COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Huntington, West Virginia

1. George Trimble v. WV Bd.of Dir., Southern WV Community & Technical College -  28490 - The petitioner, George Trimble, appeals from an order entered in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County affirming the decision of the respondent, Southern West Virginia Community & Technical College, to terminate the petitioner's employment as a tenured professor in the respondent's Humanities Department. The respondent's allegation that the petitioner was guilty of insubordination for failing to comply with certain College directives and for failing to attend certain meetings at the school was upheld by a hearing examiner and by the Circuit Court. The petitioner contends that the Circuit Court erred in failing to enforce the petitioner's property interest in continued employment at the College.

2. State of W. Va. v. Michael E. Brown  - 28404- The petitioner, Michael E. Brown, appeals from an order entered in the Circuit Court of Cabell County sentencing him to two consecutive sentences of life imprisonment, with mercy, upon his convictions by a jury of two counts of murder of the first degree.

3. State of W. Va. v. Lewis Franklin Sanders  - 28400 - The petitioner, Lewis Franklin Sanders, appeals from his jury conviction in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County of the felony offense of aggravated robbery, with the use of a firearm. The petitioner was sentenced to 40 years in the penitentiary. The petitioner contends, inter alia, that the Circuit Court failed to properly determine whether the petitioner was competent to stand trial.

4 State of W. Va. v. David Shaun Davisson  - 28403- The petitioner, David S. Davisson, appeals from an order entered in the Circuit Court of Harrison County affirming the petitioner's conviction, in magistrate court, of second offense driving under the influence. The petitioner, who was not found at the scene where his vehicle was wrecked, challenges the validity of his arrest. The petitioner also challenges the propriety of the submission of evidence of his prior DUI conviction to the jury.