Koon v. State

We granted the state’s petition for a -writ of certiorari to review the grant of Post-Conviction Relief (PCR) to Respondent, Robert Holland Koon. The PCR court found Koon was improperly sentenced to life imprisonment without parole (LWOP). We reverse.

FACTS

In May 1998, Koon was convicted of grand larceny and second degree burglary. Based upon Koon’s 1986 guilty plea to four counts of second-degree burglary, he was sentenced as a recidivist to LWOP. His direct appeal was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. State v. Koon, Op. No.2000-UP-291 (Ct. App. April 18, 2000). 1 His first application for…