CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The Latest on the sentencing of former West Virginia Supreme Court[1] Justice Menis Ketchum[2] (all times local):
2:10 p.m.
Former West Virginia Supreme Court[3] Justice Menis Ketchum[4] has been sentenced to three years’ probation for using a state vehicle and gas fuel card for a 2014 golf trip to Virginia.
Ketchum[5] was also fined $20,000 and ordered to pay $749 in restitution Wednesday in federal court in Charleston for his guilty plea last year to a felony fraud count.
The sentencing comes at the end of a yearlong scandal involving the Supreme Court[6] that resulted in significant changes to the state’s judicial system.
Ketchum[7] retired before the House of Delegates impeached other justices over questions involving lavish office renovations that evolved into accusations of corruption, incompetence and neglect of duty.
A temporary panel of justices later ruled the impeachment efforts violated the separation-of-powers doctrine and that the Legislature lacked jurisdiction to pursue the trials.
The Supreme Court[8] annulled Ketchum[9]’s law license in October.
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A former
West Virginia Supreme Court[10] justice is due in court for sentencing for using a state vehicle and gas fuel card for a 2014 golf trip to Virginia.Ex-
Justice Menis Ketchum[11]’s sentencing is scheduled Wednesday in federal court in Charleston. Ketchum[12] pleaded guilty to a felony fraud count last year. His attorney is seeking probation.The sentencing comes at the end of a yearlong scandal involving the
Supreme Court[13] that resulted in significant changes to the state’s judicial system, including the court[14]’s makeup. Ketchum[15] retired before the House of Delegates impeached other Supreme Court[16] justices over questions involving lavish office renovations that evolved into accusations of corruption, incompetence and neglect of duty.A temporary panel of justices later ruled the impeachment efforts violated the separation-of-powers doctrine and that the Legislature lacked jurisdiction to pursue the trials.
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