Thursday, September 23, 2010
Supreme Court Refuses Appeal
WEST VIRGINIA....
The state Supreme Court has refused to further consider the appeal of Michael Merrifield, a Putnam County man convicted in January 2008 for the 2005 murder of two year old Logan Goodall, the son of his girlfriend Pepper Eren. Merrifield's attorney had asked the Supreme Court to forward the case to full arguments, claiming insufficiency of evidence, venue issues and newly discovered evidence, but the court refused the appeal on a 5-0 vote. Merrifield is serving a life in prison sentence without the possibility for parole. Eren is serving a 1 to 10 year prison term and has been denied parole several times. She pleaded guilty to felony child neglect.
The state Supreme Court has refused to further consider the appeal of Michael Merrifield, a Putnam County man convicted in January 2008 for the 2005 murder of two year old Logan Goodall, the son of his girlfriend Pepper Eren. Merrifield's attorney had asked the Supreme Court to forward the case to full arguments, claiming insufficiency of evidence, venue issues and newly discovered evidence, but the court refused the appeal on a 5-0 vote. Merrifield is serving a life in prison sentence without the possibility for parole. Eren is serving a 1 to 10 year prison term and has been denied parole several times. She pleaded guilty to felony child neglect.
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