State of West Virginia v. Belinda Ann Fuller

FILED May 17, 2017 released at 3:00 p.m. No. 16-0153 - State v. Belinda Ann Fuller RORY L. PERRY, II CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA LOUGHRY, Chief Justice, dissenting, joined by Justice Walker: Ignoring clear statutory language and engaging in a convoluted analysis, the majority of this Court has gone out of its way to manufacture a non-existent ambiguity in the prostitution statute, West Virginia Code § 61-8-5(b) (2014). Moreover, even under the majority’s misguided analysis, there is no justification for an outright dismissal of the petitioner’s indictment. Because the…