Legal Opinion
State v. Duncan
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided April 22, 1988No. 17467Published
1Opinion of the Court
369 S.E.2d 464 (1988)
STATE of West Virginia
v.
Cleo DUNCAN.
No. 17467.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
April 22, 1988.
Travers R. Harrington, Jr., Fayetteville, for Cleo Duncan.
Mary Rich Maloy, Charleston, for State.
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…
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