State of West Virginia v. David Ray Thomas

FILED No. 22-0239 – State of West Virginia v. David Ray Thomas November 8, 2023 released at 3:00 p.m. EDYTHE NASH GAISER, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS Wooton, Justice, dissenting: OF WEST VIRGINIA In what appears to be its single-minded determination to uphold the conviction of a particularly unsympathetic defendant accused of a particularly reprehensible crime, the majority has sub silentio overruled decades of settled law and failed “to hold the balance nice, clear and true between the State and the accused,” thus denying petitioner David Ray Thomas (“the petitioner”) due process of law.…