State v. Wimer

McHugh, Justice:

This action is before this Court upon the petition of Scottie Lee Wimer (hereinafter “appellant”) for an appeal from his 1979 conviction in the Circuit Court of Pendleton County, West Virginia, of the offense of murder in the first degree. By order of the circuit court entered April 16,1979, the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment in the West Virginia Penitentiary without a recommendation of mercy. This Court has before it the petition for appeal, all matters of record and the briefs and argument of counsel.

Specifically, the appellant in November, 1978, was indicted…