Brian Merchant v. R.S. Mutter, Superintendent, Stevens Correctional Center

FILED June 13, 2023 EDYTHE NASH GAISER, CLERK STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS Brian Merchant, Petitioner Below, Petitioner vs.) No. 21-0940 (Marion County 17-C-247) R.S. Mutter, Superintendent, Stevens Correctional Center, Respondent Below, Respondent MEMORANDUM DECISION Petitioner Brian Merchant appeals the order of the Circuit Court of Marion County, entered on August 6, 2021, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.1 Mr. Merchant is serving a term of imprisonment for life, with the possibility of parole, for a recidivist…