State v. Bailey

BROTHERTON, Justice:

Stevie Wayne Bailey appeals from a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Wyoming County, which found him guilty of first degree murder without a recommendation of mercy. Bailey assigns as error (1) the admission of a statement given to the police by Bailey’s spouse; and (2) the trial court’s failure to remove a prospective juror for cause. We find no error and affirm the conviction.

During the afternoon of February 13, 1985, Stevie Wayne Bailey shot and killed Dan Holcomb, outside Holcomb’s residence in Glen Rogers in Wyoming County. Bailey and Holcomb had met in 1982 and…