STATE v. W. J. B.

No. 14884.

276 S.E.2d 550 (1981)

STATE of West Virginia v. W. J. B.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

March 31, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Kiger, Parkersburg, for appellant.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., and Paula D. Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.


MILLER, Justice:

W.J.B. was adjudicated as a juvenile delinquent by the Circuit Court of Wood County on its finding that he had committed voluntary manslaughter. He appeals the adjudication, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence on the grounds that the State has not met its burden of rebutting his evidence of self-defense. In reviewing the evidence in light of our prior decisions regarding self-defense, we agree.

The juvenile was arrested on February...

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