Legal Opinion
State v. Giles
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided June 7, 1990No. 19048PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROTHERTON, Justice:
On the morning of February 8, 1987, relatives discovered the body of seventy-three-year-old Ann Woods on the bedroom floor of her home in Fayette County, West Virginia. Her throat had been cut, and, as a result, she died within minutes. The seventeen-year-old appellant herein, Elbert Wayne Giles, Jr., who was a neighbor of the victim, was arrested later that evening after he apparently confessed to killing Mrs. Woods.
On April 11, 1987, the Fayette County Circuit Court transferred Giles’ case from juvenile to adult jurisdiction pursuant to W.Va.Code § 49-5-10(d). Giles’…
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