By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In a surprise motion, impeachment managers with the House of Delegates agreed to drop articles of impeachment against two justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
That would mean suspended Justice Allen Loughry would be the only remaining member of the Supreme Court to face an impeachment trial and possible removal from office by the Senate, acting as a jury.
Delegates John Shott and Andrew Byrd, impeachment managers appointed by the House to act as prosecutors during impeachment trials, announced the deal during a pre-trial hearing Tuesday morning at the State Capitol. Senators adjourned until 2:30 p.m. to consider the motion.
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