State of West Virginia v. Richard Wakefield

BENJAMIN, Justice:

Petitioner Richard Wakefield, defendant below, appeals his convictions of two counts of sexual assault in the second degree and two counts of sexual assault in the third degree for which he was effectively sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twenty-five years in prison. Petitioner asserts four assignments of error alleging that the circuit court erred in the following respects: 1) in allowing the State to present an expert witness on the issue of GHB 1 intoxication because the science behind the expert’s testimony does not meet the Daubert standard; 2) in not…