Appellant, William Hawkins, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County of first-degree murder. The jury found him guilty of bludgeoning a twenty-year-old woman to death with a hand iron. An understanding of appellant's assignments of error requires a fairly detailed recitation of the facts.
At approximately 9:30 p. m. on 9 September 1978 an off-duty room clerk discovered the battered and...
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