State v. Duncan

BROTHERTON, Justice:

Cleo Duncan appeals her conviction by a Fayette County jury of the unlawful disinterment or displacement of a dead human body in violation of W.Va.Code § 61-8-14 (1984). She raises two errors relating to W.Va.Code § 61-8-14: First, that unlawful disinterment implies a decent burial as a prerequisite; and second, that W.Va.Code § 61-8-14 is unconstitutionally vague. The appellant also assigns as error the trial court’s failure to give the jury instructions defining a principal in the second degree and an aider and abettor, and the trial court’s failure to conduct individual…