State v. Wade

DAVIS, Justice:

Gary “Mo” Wade, appellant and defendant below, appeals his conviction of first-degree felony-murder with mercy, entered in the Circuit Court of Ohio County. Wade contends that the circuit court erred in refusing to instruct the jury regarding self-defense, provocation, and certain lesser included offenses. In addition, Wade maintains that there was insufficient evidence upon which to convict him of felony-murder. Finally, Wade argues that the trial court erred in allowing the testimony of the victim’s father, and in refusing to excuse, for cause, two jurors. We find that the…