State v. Cohee

Docket number
24-432
Date

Held that the state was entitled to a writ of prohibition to effectively compel a lower court judge to impose a recidivist life sentence, finding that the state’s pursuit of such a sentence did not violate equal protection and the imposition of such sentence for fleeing from a law enforcement officer with reckless indifference would not violate proportionality clause of state constitution

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  • Opinion

State v. Cohee, W. Va. 24-432

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