State of West Virginia v. Lillie Mae Trail

DAVIS, Justice:

In this criminal appeal, the-petitioner herein and defendant below, Lillie Mae Trail (“Ms. Trail”), challenges her conviction by jury of murder in the first degree and her sentence of life without mercy. 1 Ms. Trail herein alleges the following errors: (1) jury misconduct; (2) application of erroneous evi-dentiary standard for admission of autopsy and crime scene photographs during mercy phase; (3) improper reading to jury of West Virginia Slayer Statute; (4) flawed use of theme of “atonement” during prosecutor’s mercy phase closing argument; (5) unsupported statements made by…