State of West Virginia v. Rickie L. Greenfield, Jr.

LOUGHRY, Justice:

The petitioner, Rickie L. Greenfield Jr., 1 appeals the May 4, 2015, order of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County denying his post-trial motions for a judgment of acquittal or, alternatively, a new trial. He was convicted of first degree murder for killing his wife by striking her multiple times in the head with a hammer. The jury did not recommend mercy. In this appeal of his conviction, the petitioner raises seven assignments of error pertaining to the following trial issues: length of the jury deliberations, limitation of impeachment evidence concerning a witness’s prior…