STATE v. LUTZ

No. 18198.

395 S.E.2d 478 (1988)

STATE of West Virginia v. Donald W. LUTZ.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Rogers, Jr., Kerens, for appellant.

Jill Miles, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for State of W.Va.


NEELY, Justice:

This is an appeal from the conviction of Donald Lutz for the first-degree murder (with a recommendation of mercy) of his friend and employer, Loren Chenoweth. Mr. Chenoweth, who was a builder and a minister, had hired defendant as a carpenter's assistant, and later baptized the defendant when he chose to be "born again." The victim and defendant were very close and apparently "loved each other as father and son," although there was testimony of tension...

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