State v. Smith

WORKMAN, Justice:

This ease is before the Court upon an appeal of the November 13, 2008, order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County which sentenced the appellant, Darrell Eugene Smith, to thirty to sixty years in the State penitentiary following his conviction by a jury of five counts of sexual abuse by a custodian and two counts of first degree sexual abuse. In this appeal, the appellant argues that the circuit court erred by not conducting a pretrial taint hearing regarding the testimony of the two victims, the appellant’s granddaughters. The appellant also contends that the circuit court…