Andrew Jackson McCauley, Jr. v. West Virginia
Did the trial court commit reversible error by denying Petitioner's Motion for Change of Venue; by allowing K-9 testimony about human remains; and by failing to direct a verdict due to insufficient evidence?
I). Did the trial court commit reversible error by denying Petitioner's Motion for Change of Venue? Question II). Did the trial court commit reversible error when it "allowed the testimony of Brandy Eggeman and evidence that her K-9 Rock indicated to the presence of human remains in the bed of the green Dodge truck driven by Petitioner? Question III). Did the trial court commit reversible error when it failed to direct a verdict in favor of the Petitioner at the close of the State's Case-in-Chief and the close of all of the evidence because the evidence was insufficient to find the Petitioner guilty of murder in the first degree and guilty of death of a child by custodian by child abuse?