STATE v. SLONAKER

No. 14920.

280 S.E.2d 212 (1981)

STATE of West Virginia v. Daniel Franklin SLONAKER.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward D. Stone, Jr., Morgantown, for appellant.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Thomas N. Trent, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.


HARSHBARGER, Chief Justice:

A Monongalia County jury convicted Daniel Franklin Slonaker of second-degree murder for killing William H. Bishoff, Jr.

The body was discovered at 6:30 A.M., December 29, 1978, and by 1:00 P.M. state police were at Slonaker's home to take him to their barracks for questioning. (The two had been seen visiting bars together the night before.) He told Trooper Wable that he had a pistol at home, that he believed it was a .357 caliber...

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