State v. Tyler

This is an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County sentencing Mr. Lance Anthony Tyler (hereinafter “Appellant”) to a term of thirty years for aggravated robbery. The Appellant contends that the sentence is unconstitutionally excessive and disproportionate to the character and degree of the offense committed. Having thoroughly reviewed the record, briefs, and arguments of counsel, we affirm the Appellant’s sentence.

I. Facts and Procedural History

On August 17, 1998, two seventeen-year-old females were approached by two males as the females walked from the Town Center…