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A person's right to counsel is protected if they assert this right in an arraignment hearing, even if the person waives this right in a police-initiated interrogation after such a hearing.
A person's right to counsel is protected if they assert this right in an arraignment hearing, even if the person waives this right in a police-initiated interrogation after such a hearing.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:24 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:24:24 GMT
BECKLEY, WV (AP) — A former Massey Energy executive who is cooperating with the criminal investigation into the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when she sentences him Aug. 1.
BECKLEY, WV (AP) — A former Massey Energy executive who is cooperating with the criminal investigation into the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when she sentences him Aug. 1.
Monday, June 17 2013 4:19 PM EDT2013-06-17 20:19:37 GMT
Justices annulled the law license of H. John Rogers after he filed a false mental hygiene complaint against a Wetzel County businessman.
Justices annulled the law license of a New Martinsville attorney and former state Supreme Court candidate after he filed a false mental hygiene complaint against a Wetzel County businessman.
Monday, June 17 2013 2:41 PM EDT2013-06-17 18:41:41 GMT
An engineering company was not a law firm's client and thus will not receive one-third of the firm's recovery.
An engineering company was not a law firm's client and thus will not receive one-third of the firm's recovery.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) —
The former executive director of the Huntington Area Food Bank is facing
charges that she embezzled more than $23,000 from the organization.
Authorities
say Leigh Anne Zappin was arrested Friday and charged with one count of
embezzlement and eight counts each of forgery and uttering follow an
investigation by the West Virginia State Police.
The
Herald-Dispatch reports that the 56-year-old had
worked at the food bank since 2008, first under a community service
program for a prior embezzlement conviction and then as its leader from
fall 2010 to Oct. 3, 2012. The nonprofit food bank helps the needy in 17
counties in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
Zappin's attorney,
Chad Hatcher, declined to comment on the case. The Cabell County
Prosecutor's office also declined to comment.
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