State of West Virginia v. Quinton Peterson

Justice Ketchum:

Petitioner Quinton Peterson (“Defendant Peterson”) appeals the circuit court’s November 20, 2015, amended order denying his motion for a new trial. Defendant Peterson was convicted of first-degree murder following a 2008 jury trial and was sentenced to an incarceration term of life without mercy.1

After the circuit court entered its amended order denying his motion for a new trial, Defendant Peterson filed the present appeal, raising numerous assignments of error including: (1) the circuit court erred in denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial based *24on the State’s…