State v. McFarland

McHUGH, Justice:

This action is before this Court upon the appeal of John Patrick McFarland, the appellant and defendant below, from convictions in the Circuit Court of Hardy County, West Virginia, for first degree murder without a recommendation of mercy, first degree sexual assault and attempted first degree murder. Pursuant to such convictions the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without a possibility of parole, not less than ten nor more than twenty years, and not less than one nor more than five years, respectively. The circuit court further ordered that such sentences shall…