STATE v. PETERSON

No. 15-1220.

799 S.E.2d 98 (2017)

STATE of West Virginia, Respondent v. Quinton PETERSON, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: April 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connor D. Robertson, Esq. , Weston Law Office, Todd Meadows, Esq. , Meadows Law Office, Huntington, West Virginia, Counsel for the Petitioner

Patrick Morrisey, Esq. , Attorney General, Elbert Lin, Esq. , Solicitor General, Julie A. Warren, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for the Respondent

Valena Beety, Esq. , Melissa Giggenbach, Esq. , Eric Haught , Rule 10 Student Attorney, Morgantown, West Virginia, Counsel for Amici Curiae, The West Virginia Innocence Project


Petitioner Quinton Peterson ("Defendant Peterson") appeals the circuit court's November 20, 2015, amended order denying his motion for a new trial. Defendant Peterson was convicted of first-degree murder following a 2008 jury trial and was sentenced to an incarceration term of life without mercy.1

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