State of West Virginia v. Jerry Lee Hedrick

KETCHUM, Justice:

These consolidated appeals concern supervised release mandated for certain sex offenses pursuant to W.Va.Code, 62-12-26 [2009]. The petitioner, Jerry Lee Hedrick, was convicted in Mineral County of two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, and his sentence included placement on supervised release for twenty-five years. Hed-rick first served consecutive terms in the penitentiary and was placed on parole. His supervised release commenced upon his discharge from parole.

Hedrick is the principal owner of a vacation facility, open to the public, known as Smoke Hole Caverns…