STATE v. JONES

No. 16347.

329 S.E.2d 65 (1985)

STATE of West Virginia v. Verlon G. JONES.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided April 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin V. Saffer, Marlinton, Robert P. Martin, Charleston, for appellant.

Catherine McMullen and John Ernest Shank, Asst. Attys. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.


McHUGH, Justice:

This case is before this Court upon an appeal by the petitioner, Verlon G. Jones, from his conviction in the Circuit Court of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, of the felony offense of arson in the first degree. W.Va.Code, 61-3-1 [1935]. In addition, the petitioner appeals from his sentence by that court to confinement in the penitentiary for life. That sentence was imposed under this State's habitual...

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