State v. Grubbs

MILLER, Justice:

In this appeal from a forgery conviction in Wood County, 1 the defendant contends that the trial court erred in admitting his oral confession, that his handwriting samples should not have been admitted, that a bad alibi instruction was offered, and that the prosecutor made certain prejudicial remarks in his closing argument.

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At the time of his oral confession on June 17, 1982, the defendant was being detained in the Kanawha County jail in connection with an unrelated forgery indictment returned in Kanawha County upon which counsel had been retained. He had been scheduled to…