State v. Ward

WORKMAN, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of Phillip A. Ward from the February 25, 1988, final order of the Circuit Court of Cabell County sentencing the defendant to life imprisonment without parole based upon his October 20, 1987, jury convictions of one count of murder in the first degree without a recommendation of mercy and one count of aggravated robbery. 1 The appellant alleges that the following errors were committed at the lower court level: 1) the trial court committed reversible error by its refusal to permit the defendant’s rebuttal witness to testify; 2) the…