State of West Virginia v. Gary Lee Rollins

This ease is before the Court on appeal by the petitioner, Gary Lee Rollins, of the December 18, 2012, order of the Circuit Court of Nicholas County convicting Mr. Rollins of first degree murder of his wife, Teresa Rollins. He did not receive a recommendation of mercy. After a thorough review of the *722record presented for consideration, the briefs, the legal authorities cited, and the arguments of parties, we find that the circuit court did not commit any reversible error. Therefore, we affirm Mr. Rollins’s conviction.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On October 5, 2009, Ms. Rollins’s dead body…