State v. Justice

This is an appeal by Sharon Justice from an order of the Circuit Court of Mingo County sentencing her to life in the penitentiary with a recommendation of mercy for first degree murder. On appeal, the defendant claims that the jury’s verdict was not supported by substantial evidence and that the prosecuting attorney abused his position during trial. She argues that she should have been granted a new trial on the basis of after-discovered evidence; that there was a material variance between the charges contained in the indictment against her and the proof presented by trial by the State; and…