STATE v. SKEENS

No. 12-0887.

757 S.E.2d 762 (2014)

STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. Clinton Douglas SKEENS, Defendant Below, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided April 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori M.P. Waller, Esq. , Deputy Public Defender, Gregory L. Ayers, Esq. , Deputy Public Defender, Kanawha County Public Defender's Office, Charleston, WV, for the Petitioner.

Patrick Morrisey , Attorney General, Benjamin F. Yancey, III , Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, WV, for the Respondent.


PER CURIAM:

This case is before this Court upon the appeal of Clinton Douglas Skeens ("Skeens") from his conviction in the Circuit Court of Wayne County of murder of the first degree, without a recommendation of mercy. The evidence before the jury established that the victim, Jess Scott Jarrell, ("Jarrell") died from multiple stab wounds resulting from an unprovoked attack carried out by Skeens at Jarrell's home. Decades before, Jarrell had been Skeens's football...

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