A jury found Samuel Robert Hill, 27, guilty of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2014 death of his stepfather in rural Washington County.
Hill, 27, was charged with killing Allen Hill, 61, at the elder Hill's home on Whitehouse Road near Elkins the night of Aug. 20, 2014. He was also charged with the attempted capital murder of his mother, Roberta Hill.
The defense didn't dispute that Sam Hill killed Allen Hill, but argued he had schizophrenia and other mental diseases that made him incapable of appreciating the criminality of shooting his stepfather to death.
Sentencing is set for Thursday morning.