Last time on Appalachian Mysteria, reporter Kathy Brown helped guide us through the story

of two vicious sexual assaults by a masked man at the Huntington West Virginia Mall.

The rapes send the community into panic.

Police focus in on Glenn Woodall, grounds keeper at a nearby cemetery after one victim identifies

his voice as her assailant.

A search of the cemetery garage turns up brown work pants and a ski mask similar to those

worn by the assailant.

Glenn Woodall is put on trial where his family and co-workers vouch for his alibis as prosecutors

cast doubt on their truthfulness.

Woodall is finally convicted after a forensics specialist named Fred Zane matches his blood and

hair type to evidence presented at trial.

So to understand the rest of this story, I have to introduce everyone to Glenn Woodall's

lawyer for his appeal.

Lonnie Simmons, I'm a lawyer with DePiro Simmons, McGinley and Bastress.

He was serving as a personal law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Miller,

and a few months after Woodall was convicted, he took a job with the private firm that he still

works for today, so this is his first job really as a legal associate.

When I was hired, I was told that I would never see the inside of a courtroom,

that I would be strictly research and writing.

And then came the Woodall case.

Really, DeTrapino came to me and said, well, we have this appeal.

Would you like to work on it?

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