By Stephen Smoot
A verdict and sentence came down in Pendleton County Magistrate Court last week in the case styled State v. Joshua T. Nesselrodt.
Charges were filed last year “on or about” Sept. 13, with the sheriff of Pendleton County listed as the lead agency on the case. Nesselrodt plead not guilty on Sept. 14.
His case that came before Donnie L. Kopp II, Pendleton County magistrate, was a bench trial. Criminal cases that come before the magistrate court may take the form of a jury trial. Every criminal defendant with a misdemeanor case that comes before a magistrate court in the State of West Virginia has the right to demand a jury trial, according to the West Virginia Judiciary website.
Nesselrodt was tried on one count of domestic battery, was found guilty, and received a sentence of six months of a suspended sentence in jail and six months of unsupervised probation. The sentence began on April 22, the day that the magistrate handed down the verdict.
