STATE v. HAMRICK

No. 13745.

236 S.E.2d 247 (1977)

STATE of West Virginia v. Alberta HAMRICK.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan N. Karlin and Franklin D. Cleckley, Morgantown, for plaintiff in error.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., John L. MacCorkle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for defendant in error.


HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Alberta Hamrick was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter upon her trial in Monongalia County Circuit Court for murdering her six-weeks old son.

Alberta Hamrick, a twenty-six year old woman of very limited intelligence, a poor, uneducated, non-verbal resident of rural West Virginia, lived in a two-room frame house with water, but no bathroom. The house had only recently been occupied by her and her husband. It was a great improvement...

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