State v. McCartney

This case is before this Court upon appeal of a final order of the Circuit Court of Lewis *321County entered on May 10, 2010. In that order, Arnold Wayne McCartney (hereinafter “the petitioner”) was sentenced to life imprisonment without mercy for his conviction of first degree murder, following a jury trial that began on February 16, 2010. In this appeal, he asserts that the circuit court erred by: 1) failing to conduct his trial within one term of court; 2) ruling that a statement taken by the investigating officer was admissible; 3) improperly admitting the murder weapon into evidence at trial…