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STATE v. JACKSON

No. 15419.

298 S.E.2d 866 (1982)

STATE of West Virginia v. Benjamin Franklin JACKSON.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Clark Woodroe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.

Andrew J. Goodwin, F. Christian Gall, Jr., Charleston, for appellant.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Benjamin Franklin Jackson was convicted in Kanawha County for the first-degree murder of Stephen Michael Weems, despite his insanity defense; but the jury recommended mercy. He claims these errors: admission of his tape-recorded confession, the medical examiner's testimony, the state psychiatrist's testimony on rebuttal, and the trial judge's failure to present "not guilty by reason of insanity" as...

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