Miller, Justice: In this original habeas corpus proceeding, we are asked to find that the life sentence imposed after a third felony conviction violates the proportionality clause in Article III, Section 5 of the West Virginia Constitution. 1 Relator Wanstreet was indicted in Doddridge County in 195…
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