State of West Virginia v. Howard Clarence Jenner

LOUGHRY, Justice:

The petitioner, Howard Clarence Jenner, appeals his convictions for first degree murder 1 without a recommendation of mercy, attempted murder, 2 and malicious wounding. 3 As support for his appeal, he argues that the State presented insufficient evidence to support the convictions, that the circuit court admitted unfairly prejudicial evidence during the “mercy phase” of his bifurcated trial, and that juror .misconduct occurred during trial. 4 After a thorough review of the appendix record on appeal, the parties’ arguments, and the pertinent law, we find that the evidence at…