Legal Opinion

Robert Lee Lewis v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 21, 2019No. 17-1045Separate

1Opinion of the Court

No. 17-1045 – Robert Lee Lewis v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mt. Olive Correctional Complex FILED November 21, 2019 WORKMAN, J., dissenting: released at 3:00 p.m. EDYTHE NASH GAISER, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA The majority opinion is legally unsound and flies in the face of well- established constitutional law as well as this Court’s recent decision in Montgomery v. Ames, 241 W. Va. 615,

627 S.E.2d 403

(2019). Further, the majority’s modification of this Court’s holding in syllabus point seven of State v. Corra, 223 W. Va. 573,

678 S.E.2d 306

(2009), in order to reach a…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Henderson v. ShinsekiSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  2. United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Ford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  4. State v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
  5. United States v. Gerome Montreal Randall, United States of America v. Jeron Rondell RandallCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999

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