State v. Banjoman

MILLER, Justice:

Delia A. Banjoman was convicted of welfare fraud in violation of W.Va.Code, 9-5-4, 1 and received a sentence of one to five years on November 8, 1982. She assigns several trial errors including: (1) the exemption of a welfare investigator from a witness sequestration order; (2) the refusal to disqualify a juror alleged to have been biased and to have answered falsely during voir dire; (3) a ruling whereby the State was permitted to cross-examine character witnesses with regard to the defendant’s prior misconduct; and (4) the refusal to instruct the jury that certain government…