STATE EX REL. SMITH v. CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND

No. 12-0117.

753 S.E.2d 886 (2013)

State of West Virginia ex rel. Angela Y. SMITH, Petitioner v. WEST VIRGINIA CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND and the Court of Claims for the State of West Virginia, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided: May 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark McMillian, Esq. , Mark McMillian-Attorney at Law, L.C., Charleston, for Petitioner.

John R. Homburg, Esq. , Richard F. Olsen, Esq. , West Virginia Legislature , Joint Committee on Government and Finance, Legislative Services Division, Charleston, for Respondents.


LOUGHRY, Justice.

The petitioner, Angela Y. Smith, has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari1 seeking reversal of a decision of the Court of Claims for the State of West Virginia denying her compensation for unpaid student loans owed by her deceased son, Donte Newsome, a college student who was an innocent victim of murder. Ms. Smith contends that she is entitled to reimbursement for her son's unpaid student loans pursuant to the West...

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