Legal Opinion
State v. Mays
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 1983No. 15716PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEELY, Justice:
On 15 October 1980, police were led to the body of John Wamsley on the Old Moore farm in Mason County. There were three bullet wounds in Wamsley’s skull and one between the shoulder blades. The police investigation of this crime led them first to Ross Johnson and eventually to Dexter Mays, the appellant in this case. From these sources, the police were able to piece together the sordid events that led to the demise of John Wamsley.
The story that the police heard can be described only as bizarre. This was a case of murder for hire. In September of 1980, John Wamsley approached…
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