Turner v. Holland

MILLER, Justice:

In this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the relator contends that the circuit court impermissibly added five-year enhancements to his sexual abuse and burglary convictions. Both offenses arose out of one criminal event and each of the sentences was set consecutively. It is the relator’s position that under W.Va.Code, 61-11-18, the circuit court could have imposed only one five-year enhancement. The State, in its response, appears to concede the correctness of the relator’s position. 1 While we are not required to accept the State’s concession, State v. Young, 166 W.Va.…