STATE v. DUNCAN

No. 17467.

369 S.E.2d 464 (1988)

STATE of West Virginia v. Cleo DUNCAN.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

April 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 unconstitutionally vague. The appellant also assigns as error the trial court's failure to...

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