State v. Meadows

McHUGH, Justice:

This case is before this Court upon the appeal of David Meadows, the appellant, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Mercer County, West Virginia, which found him guilty of first degree murder. The appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment, without recommendation of mercy. This Court has before it the petition for appeal, all matters of record and the briefs and oral argument of counsel.

In his appeal the appellant asserts five errors. Those assertions are: (1) the trial court erred in failing to issue a directed verdict in favor of the appellant because the evidence was…