State v. Knuckles

This is an appeal from convictions arising out of the DUI related deaths of three women. The defendant, Roger Dale Knuckles, prosecutes this appeal of his convictions by a jury on three counts of violating W.Va.Code, 17C-5-2(a) (1986). 1 The trial court sen tenced the defendant to three consecutive terms of one-to-ten years imprisonment, and imposed a fine of $3,000 on each count. On appeal, the defendant has raised five assignments of error: (1) it was error for the court to question a state’s witness during trial deposition testimony; (2) it was error to admit the defendant’s blood alcohol…