Rule on Lawyer Doesn't Apply Prisoner's Freedom Refused
West Virginia Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision refused to free Hoyt Edward E. Riffle who lacked a lawyer when probation was revoked and a 1 to 10 year sentence imposed. The ruling noted this differed from other recent cases where prisoners without counsel were freed after probation revocation when sentences had not yet begun. Justice Browning authored the majority opinion while two judges dissented, and the same term also voided a 1966 injunction against Valley Distributors Inc. and Raymond Kohn over the Sunday closing law in Logan County.
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Associated Press
West Virginia Supreme Court
High Court
Hoyt Edward E
C&p Telephone Company
Riffle
West Virginia
Evean
Biffle
Wood County Circuit
Chauncey Browning
State Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Frank c. Haymond
Fred H. Caplan
Court Asked To Prohibit Mental Test
Leonard Andrew Steward, indicted for murder, asked the State Supreme Court to bar Mercer County Intermediate Court from requiring a mental examination. His petition argues that such an exam would force conversation with doctors and violate his right to remain silent. Steward was arrested after the Oct. 9, 1968 shooting of James Eaton in Bluefield, who died two weeks later. Eaton was shot four times with a .38 pistol while visiting a cousin.
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Associated Press
State Supreme Court
Mercer County Intermediate Court
Leonard Andrew Steward
Steward
James Eaton
Bluefield
Hart Electric Co
J. Bluefield
Eaton
West Virginia Names Two To Science Camp
West Virginia selects William Edward Lawless of South Charleston and Paul Frye of Fairmont as the states two attendees to the National Youth Science Camp at Camp Pocahontas. Lawless, GWHS graduate and Merit Scholar, led three straight A years and contributed to instructional television.
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West Virginia
William Edward Lawless
South Charleston
Paul Frye
Fairmont
Camp Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Lawless
George Washington High School
James A. Dillinger
GWHS
Said
Frye
Fairmont High School
Mert
Darwin D. Brookover
Paul
Charleston
Elkins
Water Law Change Sought by Interim Panel in 1970 Session
A legislative subcommittee led by Sen. Carl Gamer seeks Gov. Moore's approval for a public education campaign on water use reform and licensing. The 30 day 1970 session will focus on budget matters unless expanded. The panel backs codifying surface and underground water laws away from riparian doctrine to state supervision. A $5,000 WVU fund supports the public awareness drive for changes in the law.
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Carl Gamer
D-Nicholas
Moore
Abpsianhizn Center
West Virginia University
Center
Robert G. McCall
Hearing on Assignment Delayed for Week in Kanawha County
The V. N. Green Co. and Central Asphalt Paving assignment to creditors was continued for a week as trusteeship and asset inventories remain incomplete. Commissioner Hall noted trustee Ira Belcher absent, urged creditor committee study, and announced next meeting to be scheduled with all creditors.
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V. N. Green Co., Inc
Central Asphalt
Grant P. Hall
Ira Belcher
Belcher
Hall
Kanawha County
Victor N. Green
Charleston
Robert H. C. Kay
Kanawha County Band to Play at Coonskin Park Evening
The Kanawha County Community Band will perform at 7 p.m. today in the Coonskin Park stake area on the new Showmobile platform. More than 40 musicians volunteer their time for the concert with a semiclassical and popular mix plus traditional marches. Band director Robert Williams aims to attract larger audiences with the evening show.
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Kanawha County
Coonskin Park
C. Richard Foutche
Tech Opens Its Library To Public
Tech opens its library to the public in Montgomery West Virginia on July 3. The facility now serves residents of the upper Kanawha Valley not just students, faculty, or staff. Cards issued to 21 or older with a $5 deposit allow cardholder families under 21 to use the library's 60,000 books and reference materials, with interlibrary loan and photocopying available.
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Montgomery
West Virginia
Tech
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
Fayetteville
Conley Hall
Carter
Adams Street
Second Avenue
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