State of West Virginia v. Tulsa Johnson

Davis, Justice:

This is a criminal appeal by Tulsa Johnson (“Ms. Johnson”) from an order of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County sentencing her to imprisonment after a jury convicted her of felony murder and conspiracy to commit robbery. The circuit court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for the felony murder conviction, and one to five years imprisonment for the conspiracy conviction. 1 In this appeal, Ms. Johnson contends that she is entitled to a new trial because (1) a police officer improperly testified as a lay witness regarding historical cell site data and (2) the…