State v. Gangwer

McGraw, Justice;

The appellant, Michael Gangwer, was convicted of first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Wood County. He received a sentence of life imprisonment with a recommendation of mercy. The appellant assigns the following errors: (1) the trials court erred in refusing the appellant’s motion for a change in venue; (2) the trial court gave an erroneous instruction limiting the testimony concerning conversations with his brother pertinent to motive prior to the killing; (3) the trial court erred in allowing, over objection, the State to ask, upon cross-examination, improper…