STATE v. TAYLOR

No. 14465.

285 S.E.2d 635 (1981)

STATE of West Virginia v. John TAYLOR, Jr.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Brooks and David R. Janes, Fairmont, for plaintiff in error.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen. and S. Clark Woodroe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for defendant in error.


HARSHBARGER, Chief Justice:

Seventy-three year old Helen Meredith was badly beaten by a burglar in her home, was hospitalized, and did not recover her ability to communicate during the nine days until she died from her injuries. Her sister, with whom she lived, was also assaulted by the burglar, but never saw his face. The thief took both their purses.

Taylor, convicted by a jury in Preston County of first-degree murder (his trial was moved there from Marion...

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