Legal Opinion
State v. Beard
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 19, 1995No. 22504PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WORKMAN, Justice:
Jacob Beard appeals from the June 4,, 1993, judgment order of the Circuit Court of Pocahontas County finding him guilty of two counts of first degree murder, following a jury verdict returned on that same date. After examining the record in this case in conjunction with the numerous assignments of error, we remand this case for purposes of a Kastigar 1 hearing.
On June 25,1980, Vicki Durian and Nancy Santomero, who were hitchhiking to the annual Fourth of July gathering of the Rainbow people in Pocahontas County, were shot and killed in a remote section of that county known as…
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