STATE v. LANE

No. 17-1066.

826 S.E.2d 657 (2019)

STATE of West Virginia, Respondent v. Joe Roger LANE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: April 3, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Dunlap, Esq. , Sarah F. Smith, Esq. , Beckley, West Virginia, Counsel for the Petitioner.

Patrick Morrisey, Esq. , Attorney General, Holly M. Flanigan, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Julianne Wisman, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for the Respondent.


The petitioner, Joe Roger Lane, appeals the November 6, 2017, order sentencing him to life in prison with mercy in accordance with the recidivist statute, West Virginia Code §§ 61-11-18 (2014) (referred to as "recidivist life sentence"), based upon a felony conviction for two counts of delivery of a controlled substance...

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