State v. Schoolcraft

BROTHERTON, Justice:

This case is before the Court on the appeal of John W. Schoolcraft from the jury verdict which convicted him of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and the March 2,1989, order of the Circuit Court of Nicholas County, which sentenced the appellant to two concurrent terms of one-to-five years in the State penitentiary.

The appellant is a resident of Richwood, West Virginia, where he lives near Michael and Julie W., and their two daughters, Sabrina and Elizabeth, ages eight and five respectively. In September, 1987, the girls’ father began to suspect sexual misconduct on…