State v. Vandergrift
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of three counts of child molestation in the first degree and three counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on his allegations of error.
In this case, the Supreme Court was required sua sponte to determine whether Defendant's appeal was timely, whether a written judgment of conviction in the proper form had been entered of record, and whether the Court was stripped of appellate jurisdiction. The Supreme Court held (1) this Court had jurisdiction of Defendant's appeal; (2) Defendant did not establish a right to a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence; and (3) the circuit court did not plainly error in failing sua sponte to exclude certain testimony.
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