STATE v. RUGGLES

No. 19105.

394 S.E.2d 42 (1990)

STATE of West Virginia v. Terry Lee RUGGLES.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

May 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Richard Bunner, Fairmont, for Terry Lee Ruggles.

J. Montgomery Brown, Pros. Atty., Fairmont, for State of W.Va.


BROTHERTON, Justice:

This case involves an appeal brought by Terry Lee Ruggles appealing the first-degree murder conviction and subsequent life sentence with possibility of parole.

On December 29, 1985, Leonard Thrash was found dead in his Fairmont, West Virginia, home, curled up on the floor by a stereo speaker. A shotgun was laid across his legs and a bullet wound was found going through his eye socket into the...

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