Lavigne Seeks Rehearing

{Charleston, West Virginia}…Attorney Greg Ayers is requesting a rehearing for Joseph Lavigne Jr. before the West Virginia Supreme Court. Lavigne was freed last year after serving 15 years in prison for the sexual assault of his then-5-year-old daughter. Last month, Supreme Court justices ordered Lavigne back to prison to finish his up to 50 years sentence. The Supreme Court unanimously reversed a decision by a now-retired Putnam County Circuit Judge O.C. Spaulding, who freed Lavigne last year after he found there had been insufficient evidence to convict at his 1996 trial.