State of West Virginia v. Carlos Angle

The petitioner and defendant below, Carlos Angle, appeals the April 17, 2013, final order of the Circuit Court of Marion County sentencing him to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The petitioner’s sentence resulted from two separate convictions. He was first found guilty by a jury of sexual abuse in the first degree on July 28, 2011. Following that conviction, the State filed a recidivist information 1 against the petitioner that resulted in a second jury conviction pursuant to West Virginia Code § 61-11-19 (2010) 2 on January 30, 2013. The petitioner appealed each conviction…