STATE v. BENNETT

No. 16360.

339 S.E.2d 213 (1985)

STATE of West Virginia v. George E. BENNETT.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 10, 1985.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Ours, Petersburg, for appellant.

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


McHUGH, Justice:

This action is before this Court upon an appeal by George E. Bennett from his October, 1983 conviction in the Circuit Court of Grant County, West Virginia, of murder of the first degree. W.Va.Code, 61-2-1 [1931]. The jury returned its verdict without a recommendation of mercy, and the circuit court sentenced the appellant to the West Virginia Penitentiary "for the rest of his natural life." The State...

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