State v. Hatfield

McHUGH, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of Stephen W. Hatfield. The appel-lee is the State of West Virginia. The appellant pleaded guilty to one count of first degree murder and two counts of malicious wounding in the Circuit Court of Wayne County. Following the guilty plea, the appellant was sentenced to life with no mercy for the first degree murder charge, and two to ten years for each malicious wounding charge.

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The allegations, based upon the grand jury proceedings, forensic evaluations, and the record of the guilty plea and sentencing proceedings, are as follows.

On…