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West Virginia Supreme Court· 7/19/1994

State v. Lewis

Citations

  • 447 S.E.2d 570
  • 191 W. Va. 635
  • 1994 W. Va. LEXIS 149

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  • holding that a provision of the criminal code requiring a sentence of one year in prison for a third shoplifting offense violated the state constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment
  • holding that a provision of the criminal code requiring a sentence of one year in prison for a third shoplifting offense violated the state constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment
  • “[W]e reverse the decision of the Circuit Court of Mercer County and remand this case far consideration of the alternative sentencing requested by Appellant.”

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Judges: Workman

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