STATE v. BECKETT

No. 15887.

310 S.E.2d 883 (1983)

STATE of West Virginia v. Donald Wayne BECKETT.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Smith, III, Elkins, for appellant.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen. and Michael E. Froble, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.


MILLER, Justice:

The defendant, Donald Wayne Beckett, appeals his aggravated robbery conviction, for which he was sentenced to serve ten years in the penitentiary. He assigns a number of errors: (1) the trial court's refusal to dismiss for cause two potential jurors; (2) the prosecutor's improper statements in closing argument and his improper impeachment of a defense witness; (3) the sufficiency of the indictment; (4)...

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