State v. Davis

MILLER, Justice:

The principal issue in this appeal is whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction of the defendant, Dewey Davis, for the offense of second-degree sexual assault. The defendant was also convicted of abduction and first-degree sexual abuse. The State acknowledges that since the defendant aided and abetted Gerald Davis, his son, in these crimes, it is bound by our holding in State v. Davis, 180 W.Va. 357, 376 S.E.2d 563 (1988). In that decision, we held that the abduction and first-degree sexual abuse convictions were invalid. 1

The State’s position is that…