Article: Flippo's lawyer questioned closely on new trial request

susanwilliams@wvgazette.com

Jurors were prejudiced against a former Nitro minister because they saw pictures that suggested the idea of a homosexual relationship, a lawyer for Michael Flippo argued before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday.

But lawyer Ira Mickenberg admitted in his presentation to the justices that there was enough evidence, even without the pictures, to convict Flippo of murder in the death of his wife, Cheryl.

Flippo, who is serving a sentence of life without mercy, wants a new trial. Flippo was pastor of the Landmark Church of God in Nitro at the time he was arrested, but the West Virginia State Executive Offices for the Church of God later revoked his credentials as a ...

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