State v. Parsons

Kenneth Parsons appeals from a final order of the Circuit Court of Boone County confirming his conviction of second degree murder by use of a firearm. The appellant was sentenced to a term of five-to-eighteen years in the West Virginia State Penitentiary. On appeal, the appellant asserts that the trial court erred: (1) in refusing to suppress his statement; (2) in refusing to set aside the verdict because the State failed to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the appellant was sane at the time of the shooting; and (3) by admitting into evidence two allegedly gruesome photographs of the…