State v. Jarvis

ALBRIGHT, Justice:

Appellant, Leeman Jarvis, appeals 1 from an August 25,1995 order of the Circuit Court of Braxton County, West Virginia. 2 That order denied his motion to set aside the verdict, his motion for a new trial, and his motion for judgment of acquittal. A jury convicted appellant of the second-degree murder of Deborah Meissner Jarvis, who was, at the time of her death, involved in a divorce action with appellant’s son. Appellant contends the lower court erred in changing its position regarding the inclusion of lesser-included offenses of first-degree murder; in allowing the…