Legal Opinion
Wanstreet v. Bordenkircher
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided March 10, 1981No. 14968PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
276 S.E.2d 205 (1981)
George WANSTREET,
v.
Donald E. BORDENKIRCHER, Superintendent West Virginia Penitentiary, Respondent.
No. 14968.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
March 10, 1981.
Hugh Rogers, Jr., Kerens, for petitioner.
Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Billie Gray, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.
MILLER, Justice:
In this original habeas corpus proceeding, we are asked to find that the recidivist life sentence imposed after a third felony conviction violates the proportionality clause in Article III, Section 5 of the West Virginia Constitution.[1]
Relator Wanstreet was…
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