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STATE v. LAWSON

No. 13949.

267 S.E.2d 438 (1980)

STATE of West Virginia v. Ira L. "Corky" LAWSON.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Dennis White, Jr. and Bernard T. Nibert, II, Huntington, for Lawson.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Earles, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for State.

NEELY, Chief Justice.

Ira L. "Corky" Lawson appeals his statutory rape conviction in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County. Appellant contends that he was denied access to evidence that could have been exculpatory because the court refused to grant a continuance until the victim's baby was born so that a blood grouping test to determine paternity could be performed. In addition, appellant argues that the circuit court erred...

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