State v. Kent

584 S.E.2d 169 (2003)

213 W.Va. 535

STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Appellee

v.

Gary Wayne KENT, Defendant Below, Appellant

No. 30649.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 21, 2003.

Decided May 23, 2003.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Maynard July 3, 2003.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Heather D. Foster, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, for Appellee.

Kristine A. Burdette, Esq., Frances C. Whiteman, Esq., Whiteman, Burdette & Radman, Fairmont, for Appellant.

The appellant Gary Wayne Kent appeals his first degree murder conviction and subsequent…