STATE v. KEFFER

No. 14285.

281 S.E.2d 495 (1981)

STATE of West Virginia v. Agnes KEFFER.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

September 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest V. Morton, Jr., Webster Springs, for plaintiff.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Paul D. Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for defendant.


MILLER, Justice:

Agnes Keffer appeals from a final order of the Circuit Court of Webster County which sentenced her to one to five years in the state penitentiary for voluntary manslaughter. Her principal assignments of error relate to the giving of instructions on the presumption of intent, premeditation from the use of a deadly weapon and reasonable doubt. We find that the instructions were improper and reverse the case.

The appellant complains that State...

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