Legal Opinion
Schofield v. West Virginia Department of Corrections
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 29, 1991No. 19708Published
1Opinion of the Court
406 S.E.2d 425 (1991)
Kathy Jo SCHOFIELD
v.
WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
No. 19708.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
March 15, 1991.
Dissenting Opinion of Justice Workman July 29, 1991.
Michele L. Rusen, Asst. Pros. Atty., Robert Waters, Asst. Pros. Atty., Parkersburg, for West Virginia Dept. of Corrections.
Rom Rodd, Milton Zelermyer, Morgantown, for Kathy Jo Schofield.
NEELY, Justice:
Kathy Jo Schofield was convicted of first-degree murder without a recommendation of mercy by a Wood County jury in December 1982. Her conviction was affirmed by this Court in State v. Schofield, ___…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. ThomasWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1974
- State ex rel. Nicholson v. BolesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1964
- State v. SchofieldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1985
- STATE EX REL. v. HamiltonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
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