State v. Knotts

WORKMAN, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon a December 18, 1990, final order of the Circuit Court of Preston County sentencing the appellant, Richard A. Knotts, to life imprisonment without mercy. The sentence was based on a November 29, 1990, jury conviction for first degree murder. The appellant alleges that the trial court erred 1) in disallowing the appellant’s and State’s instructions relative to self-defense; 2) in ruling that some of the appellant’s statements which were ruled inadmissible in the State’s case-in-chief could be used by the State for impeachment purposes should…