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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS
State ex. rel. Roger L. Bowers, Jr., FILED Petitioner Below, Petitioner February 25, 2011
RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS
vs) No. 101458 (Berkeley County 03C10) OF WEST VIRGINIA
Thomas L. McBride, Warden Respondent Below, Respondent
MEMORANDUM DECISION
This appeal arises from the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, wherein the Petitioner’s petition for habeas corpus relief was denied following an omnibus hearing. The appeal was timely filed by the Petitioner, with the entire record accompanying the Petitioner’s petition for appeal. A timely response was filed by the Respondent Thomas McBride. The Petitioner seeks a reversal of the circuit court’s decision.
Pursuant to Revised Rule 1(d) of the Revised Rules of Appellate Procedure, this Court is of the opinion that this matter is appropriate for consideration under the Revised Rules. This Court has considered the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal. The facts and legal arguments are adequately presented in the parties’ written briefs and the record on appeal, and the decisional process would not be significantly aided by oral argument. Upon consideration of the standard of review, the briefs, and the record presented, the Court finds no substantial question of law and no prejudicial error. For these reasons, a memorandum decision is appropriate under Rule 21 of the Revised Rules.
Petitioner was convicted by a jury of felony murder and distribution of a controlled substance and sentenced to life with mercy and a concurrent onefifteen year prison term. He filed a petition for habeas corpus in the circuit court and counsel was appointed. An amended petition for habeas corpus was filed. In this habeas action, Petitioner raises multiple issues including ineffective assistance of his trial counsel. The circuit court held a twoday omnibus hearing at which time witnesses, including Petitioner’s trial counsel, presented testimony. Subsequently, the circuit court entered a fortyseven page “Final Order Denying Petition for Habeas Corpus.”
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The Court has carefully considered the merits of each of the Petitioner’s arguments as set forth in his petition for appeal. Finding no error in the denial of habeas corpus relief, the Court fully incorporates and adopts the circuit court’s detailed and wellreasoned “Final Order Denying Habeas Corpus,” dated May 21, 2010, and attaches the same hereto.
For the foregoing reasons, we affirm.
Affirmed.
ISSUED: February 25, 2011
CONCURRED IN BY:
Chief Justice Margaret L. Workman Justice Robin Jean Davis Justice Brent D. Benjamin Justice Menis E. Ketchum Justice Thomas E. McHugh
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