State of West Virginia v. Tremale Leon Straughter

FILED September 15, 2023 EDYTHE NASH GAISER, CLERK STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA State of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent vs.) No. 22-0291 (Kanawha County 13-F-289) Tremale Leon Straughter, Defendant Below, Petitioner MEMORANDUM DECISION Petitioner Tremale Leon Straughter pled guilty in January 2014 to the first-degree murder of his childhood friend Harold Donovan “DonDon” Taylor. At his plea hearing, the State informed the circuit court that evidence would show that Mr. Straughter used an “AK-47 style” assault rifle to…