State Ex Rel. McLaurin v. Trent

PER CURIAM: 1

This action is before this Court upon appeal of a final order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County entered on March 24, 1997. The appellant, John McLaurin, was convicted in 1989 of two counts of kidnapping and seven accounts of first degree sexual assault. In December 1993, the appellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus with the circuit court seeking to have his convictions reversed on the basis of allegedly false serology tests and testimony presented at his trial by former State Trooper Fred Zain. Pursuant to the final order, the circuit court vacated and set aside…