State v. Lanham

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of the appellant, Brusie “Don” Lan-ham. The appellant appeals the Circuit Court of Ritchie County’s July 21, 2005, order denying his motion for a new trial following his conviction of felony-murder, burglary, 1 and unlawful assault. The appellant was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the felony-murder conviction and received a consecutive sentence of one-to-five-years in prison for the unlawful assault conviction.

In this appeal, the appellant raises legal challenges with regard to the State’s alleged destruction of…