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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA”
Docket No. 18-0851
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
Plaintiff below,
Respondent,
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LENA MARIE CONAWAY,
Defendant below,
Petitioner.
RESPONDENT'S BRIER
PATRICK MORRISEY
ATTORNEY GENERAL
SCOTT E. JOHNSON
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
West Virginia State Bar No. 6335
Office of the Attorney General
812 Quarrier Street, 6" Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
Tel: (304) 558-5830
304) 558-5833
cott.E.Johnson@wvago.govTABLE OF CONTENTS.
‘Table of Contents
Table of Authorities
Assignments of Error
Statement of the Case.
A. Procedural History
B. The Facts Adduced at Trial....
Summary of Argument ..
Statement Regarding Oral Argument and Decision..
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Argument
A. The State produced sufficient evidence of the Petitioner's guilt... 12
B. The Petitioner has waived any double jeopardy violation in this case. Alternatively, there
is no double jeopardy violation... 20
C. There was no Brady violation in this case 22
D. The Cireuit Court did not err by denying a jury pool consultant and in denying a change of
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venue.
E. The State did not engage in any burden shifting argument .. 27
F, The Petitioner has not demonstrated plain error regarding the Petitioner’s statement.....31
G. The Petitioner’s pro-se motions were untimely and the circuit court did not abuse its
discretion in refusing to address them ...j.nisnnstsneenuerenie 32
H. There is no error in this case so there is no cumulative error... 34
1. The omissions in the voir dire transcript did not prejudice the Petitioner... 34
Conclusion .. 36TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Case Page
Blockburger v. United States,
284 U.S. 299, 304 (1932).
Brady v. Maryland,
373 U.S. 83, 83 S. Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963).
Conner v. Griffith,
160 W.Va. 680, 238 S.E.2d $29 (1977).
Digital Properties, Inc. v. City of Plantation,
121 F.3d 586, $89 (11th Cir, 1997)...
Edwards v. Commonwealth,
808 S.E.2d 211, 217 & n.4 (Va. Ct. App. 2017)...
Foster v. Ballard,
No. 16-1000, 2017 WL 4570571, at *4 (W. Va. Oct. 13, 2017) (memorandum decision) ..
Gov't of Virgin Islands v. Harris,
938 F.2d 401, 415 (3d Cir. 191). 18, 29
Graham v. Wallace,
208 W. Va. 139, 141, 538 S.E.2d 730, 732 (2000). 18
Hines v. State,
473 A.2d 1335, 1348 (Ma. Ct. Spec. App. 1984). 219
Inre JP,
No. 18-0171, 2018 WL 6040185, at *3 (W. Va. Nov. 19, 2018) (memorandum decision)........20
Jackson v. Virginia,
443 U.S. 307 (1979)... 18,19
Lee v. Ballard,
No, 13-1314, 2014 WL 4662517, at *10 (W. Va. Sept. 19, 2014) (memorandum decision)
Miranda v. Arizona,
384 U.S. 436 (1966)...
Morgan v. Price,
151 W. Va. 158, 150 S.E.2d 897 (1966) soe
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