Legal Opinion

State of West Virginia v. Metheny (Justice Wooton, dissenting)

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 5, 2021No. 20-0546Separate

1Opinion of the Court

FILED November 5, 2021 No. 20-0546 – State of West Virginia v. Jamie Lynn Metheny released at 3:00 p.m. EDYTHE NASH GAISER, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA WOOTON, J., dissenting: At the time petitioner Jamie Lynn Metheny committed the criminal conduct for which she was punished 1 with the sentence of a definite term of two (2) years, which the circuit court suspended for a period of supervised probation for five (5) years from August 11, 2015, or until approximately August 11, 2020, the express provisions of West Virginia Code § 62-12-11 (2014) only allowed for a maximum…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Collins v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  4. Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. State Ex Rel. Strickland v. MeltonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1968

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