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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 15560.

301 S.E.2d 187 (1983)

STATE of West Virginia v. John Edward WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

March 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Cogan, Michael J. Moyle, Wheeling, for appellant.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., and Silas B. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.

NEELY, Justice:

John Edward Williams appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty of the murder of Carlton Harris, and sentencing him to the State Penitentiary for life. Several confessions were used as evidence against appellant at the trial. In State v. Williams, W.Va., 249 S.E.2d 758 (1980), we ruled that a first confession by the appellant was inadmissible, and that the State therefore had the burden of rebutting a...

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