STATE v. SWAFFORD

No. 25844.

524 S.E.2d 906 (1999)

206 W.Va. 390

STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. Walter Lee SWAFFORD, II, Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided November 19, 1999.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Maynard December 16, 1999.

Concurring Opinion of Chief Justice Starcher January 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Esq., Attorney General, Silas B. Taylor, Esq., Senior Deputy Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia and Cara A. Carnes, Legal Intern, Morgantown, West Virginia, Attorneys for Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Matthew W. Crabtree, Esq., Crabtree Law Offices, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Defendant Below, Appellant.


PER CURIAM:

This case is before this Court upon appeal of a final order of the Circuit Court of Fayette County entered on May 28, 1998. Pursuant to that order, the appellant and defendant below, Walter Lee Swafford, II (hereinafter "defendant"), was sentenced to life imprisonment without mercy upon a jury verdict of guilty of first-degree murder. The defendant was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit a felony for which...

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