State ex rel. Thompson v. Ballard

The petitioner, Charles Wesley Thompson, appeals from the February 9, 2011, order of the Circuit Court of Mercer County, West Virginia, that denied his post-conviction habeas corpus after two evidentiary hearings. Based upon the parties’ briefs and arguments in this proceeding, as well as the relevant statutory and case law, we are of the opinion that the circuit court did not commit reversible error and accordingly, we affirm the decision below.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The petitioner, Charles Wesley Thompson, was indicted during the October 2003 term of the grand jury, on twenty counts…