State of West Virginia Terry Allen Blevins

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• holding that defendant’s consecutive life sentences without mercy were not excessive
• circuit court’s voluntariness ruling can only be reversed where it is plainly wrong or clearly against the weight of the evidence
• confrontation clause violation was harmless beyond reasonable doubt
• “In weighing the probative value and the danger of unfair prejudice, it is imperative to note that the purpose of Rule 403 is not to exclude all evidence that results in prejudice to a defendant. It is the danger of unfair prejudice to which a reviewing court must be attuned.”
• “In weighing the probative value and the danger of unfair prejudice, it is imperative to note that the purpose of Rule 403 is not to exclude all evidence that results in prejudice to a defendant. It is the danger of unfair prejudice to which a reviewing court must be attuned.”

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