STATE v. BUTCHER

No. 13963.

270 S.E.2d 156 (1980)

STATE of West Virginia v. Lonnie Edward BUTCHER.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

September 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles T. Bailey, Logan, for plaintiff-in-error.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Richard L. Earles, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for defendant-in-error.


CAPLAN, Justice:

This is an appeal from a final order entered in the Circuit Court of Logan County on September 11, 1975, pursuant to a jury verdict finding the appellant guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The appellant was sentenced to confinement in the West Virginia Penitentiary for an indeterminate term of one to five years.

On December 14, 1974, the appellant, Lonnie Edward Butcher, had an altercation with the victim while on the appellant's property....

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