The defendant, William Jones, appeals his sentence of life imprisonment under our habitual criminal statute, W.Va.Code, 61-11-18 (1943). He raises several assignments of error with regard to his recidivist conviction, but we find no merit in them and, thus, affirm the conviction.
Mr. Jones was convicted by a Morgan County jury of making threats to kidnap and demand ransom under W.Va.Code, 61-2-14c...
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