State v. Moss

McGRAW, Justice:

The appellant, John Moss, Jr., was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County on April 30, 1984, of three counts of first degree murder, without recommendation of mercy, and was sentenced to three consecutive life without mercy sentences. The horrifying facts of this case are substantially set forth in In the Interest of John Moss, Jr., 170 W.Va. 543, 295 S.E.2d 33 (1982), wherein the appellant challenged the circuit court’s initial order transferring the appellant from the circuit court’s juvenile jurisdiction to its adult jurisdiction. Due to error in the…