STATE v. LOPEZ

No. 23044.

476 S.E.2d 227 (1996)

197 W.Va. 556

STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. Roberto Jose LOPEZ, Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jean Games-Neely, Prosecuting Attorney, Janet L. Scalia, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Martinsburg, for Appellee.

Paul G. Taylor, Henry, Grant, Taylor & Janelle, Martinsburg, for Appellant.


PER CURIAM:

The defendant in this proceeding, Roberto Jose Lopez, was sentenced to life in the State penitentiary without a recommendation of mercy for the felony murder of Elizer Peralta, who died as a result of burns sustained in an apartment fire which erupted on December 30, 1992. On appeal, the defendant claims that the Circuit Court of Berkeley County erred in admitting into evidence his gasoline-soaked clothing which...

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