State v. Hutchinson

This case is before this Court upon appeal of a final order of the Circuit Court of Wyoming County entered on September 26, 2002. In that order, Bruce Edward Hutchinson (hereinafter “the appellant”) was sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation of mercy for his conviction of first degree murder. In this appeal, the appellant contends that the circuit court erred by refusing to dismiss for cause three prospective jurors from the jury panel and by allowing the State to introduce testimony at trial in violation of Rule 404(b) of the West Virginia Rules of Evidence. The appellant also…