STATE v. TRIPLETT

No. 20172.

421 S.E.2d 511 (1992)

187 W.Va. 760

STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. Donald Wayne TRIPLETT, Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen L. Keller, Deputy Pros. Atty., of Raleigh County, Beckley, for appellee.

Leo Catsonis, Charleston, for appellant.


WORKMAN, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of Donald Wayne Triplett from a March 21, 1990, final order denying post-trial motions and imposing a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On March 16, 1990, a jury found the appellant guilty of first degree murder without a recommendation of mercy for the November 23, 1989, murder of Jeffrey Dean Houck. The appellant alleges that...

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