West Virginia Supreme Court· 6/29/2007

State v. Whittaker

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650 S.E.2d 216
221 W. Va. 117

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observing that trial courts are accorded “broad discretion” in determining whether to admit evidence
“The absence of malice distinguishes the crime of voluntary manslaughter from the crime of murder.”
“Ordinarily, a party must raise his or her objection contemporaneously with the trial court's ruling to which it relates or be forever barred from asserting that that ruling was in error.”
“Ordinarily, a party must raise his or her objection contemporaneously with the trial court’s ruling to which it relates or be forever barred from asserting that that ruling was in error.”

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Judges: Albright, Starcher, Maynard

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