State Ex Rel. Worley v. Lavender

131 S.E.2d 752 (1963)

STATE ex rel. Nancy WORLEY

v.

Jack LAVENDER.

No. 12182.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 15, 1963.

Decided July 9, 1963.

Dissenting Opinion July 12, 1963.

E. W. Salisbury, T. B. Bickel, Jr., Charleston, for appellant.

C. Donald Robertson, Atty. Gen., J. Patrick Bower, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.

BROWNING, Judge.

Jack Lavender, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted of bastardy in the Circuit Court of Boone County on January 23, 1962. A motion to set aside the verdict and to award a new trial was overruled and, upon application…