State v. Bragg

87 S.E.2d 689 (1955)

STATE of West Virginia

v.

Malcolm Cameron BRAGG.

No. 10701.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 25, 1955.

Decided March 8, 1955.

Dissenting Opinions March 24 and June 7, 1955.

W. Hayes Pettry, Emerson W. Salisbury, Charleston, for plaintiff in error.

John G. Fox, Atty. Gen., Harold A. Bangert, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

RILEY, Judge.

Malcolm Cameron Bragg was indicted for murder at the January, 1954, term of the Intermediate Court of Kanawha County, and convicted of murder of the first degree without recommendation for mercy. Upon writ of…