State of West Virginia v. Joe Roger Lane

Workman, Justice:

The petitioner, Joe Roger Lane, appeals the November 6, 2017, order sentencing him to life in prison with mercy in accordance with the recidivist statute, West Virginia Code §§ 61-11-18 (2014) (referred to as "recidivist life sentence"), based upon a felony conviction for two counts of delivery of a controlled substance and two prior felony convictions for unlawful wounding and conspiracy to commit the felony of transferring stolen property. The petitioner argues that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of the two delivery of a controlled substance counts and that…