State v. Pannell

BROTHERTON, Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County finding the appellant, Talbert Mazel Pannell, guilty of the attempted murder of Thomas Durrett.

On May 16, 1981, around 2:00 P.M., Tal-bert Pannell entered his mother’s house, where he lived with his mother and siblings. Pannell was angry and upset. He slammed the front door as he came into the house and then began pacing the floor. Thereafter he broke a picture on the television set and would not let his brother-in-law answer the telephone when it rang. Pannell’s actions were so erratic that his…