STATE v. VARLAS

No. 15-0037.

787 S.E.2d 670 (2016)

STATE of West Virginia, Respondent v. Nicholas VARLAS, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: June 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Frankovitch, Esq. , M. Eric Frankovitch, Esq. , Frankovitch, Anetakis, Colantonio & Simon, Weirton, West Virginia, Counsel for the Petitioner.

Patrick Morrisey , Attorney General, David A. Stackpole , Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for the State.


In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Brooke County, defendant Nicholas Varlas appeals an order convicting him of second-degree sexual assault and of attempting to commit first-degree sexual abuse. Because the circuit court erred in excluding relevant evidence critical to Varlas's defense, we reverse its order of conviction...

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