STATE v. JONES

No. 31590.

607 S.E.2d 498 (2004)

216 W.Va. 392

STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Appellee v. James Reginald JONES, II, Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Jon R. Blevins, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for Appellee.

Gloria M. Stephens, Esq., Welch, West Virginia, for Appellant.


PER CURIAM:

In the instant case, we reverse a conviction for two counts of second degree murder because evidence was admitted at trial that was obtained in violation of the defendant's constitutional rights to counsel and silence.

I.

On August 30, 2002, the appellant, James Jones, was convicted in the Circuit Court of McDowell County of two counts of second degree murder, and sentenced to forty years' imprisonment on each count. He was acquitted...

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