State v. Drennen
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Per curiam
This is an appeal by Paul W. Drennen from an order of the Circuit Court of Wood County sentencing him to three concurrent terms of from one to five years in the State penitentiary on three counts of delivery of marijuana, a controlled substance, to persons under the age of eighteen. On appeal, the defendant claims that the circuit court erred in sentencing him to multiple punishments for what, if proven, he claims constituted a single offense under the laws of the State of West Virginia. He also claims that the circuit court abused its discretion in failing to grant him separate trials on the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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