State of West Virginia v. William B. Murray

WORKMAN, Chief Justice:

This ease is before the Court upon the appeal of the Petitioner William B. Murray from his jury convictions of first degree murder without mercy and concealment of a deceased human body. The Petitioner was sentenced to life without mercy for his first degree murder conviction and not less than one nor more than five years for his concealment of a deceased human body conviction. The trial court' ordered the sentences to be served concurrently. The Petitioner argues that the trial court erred: 1) by denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal 1 as the State failed to…