State v. Gwinn

McGraw, Justice:

The appellant, Wayne Harlton Gwinn, was indicted for murder in the first degree during the September 1974 term of the (then) Raleigh County Intermediate Court. In March of 1975 a jury returned a verdict finding the appellant guilty of first degree murder with a recommendation of mercy. On February 20, 1976, the appellant petitioned the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia for a writ of error and supersedeas. The Supreme Court of Appeals refused the requested relief by order entered July 21, 1976.

On June 28, 1978, the appellant, who was then incarcerated at the…