STATE v. COMBS

No. 21-0249.

875 S.E.2d 139 (2022)

STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. Oscar Ross COMBS, Sr., Defendant Below, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: June 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy P. Lupardus, Esq. , Lupardus Law Office, Pineville, West Virginia, Attorney for Petitioner.

Patrick Morrisey, Esq. , Attorney General, Karen C. Villanueva-Matkovich, Esq. , Deputy Attorney General, Lara K. Bissett, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for Respondent.


The petitioner, Oscar Ross Combs, Sr., was convicted of first-degree murder in the Circuit Court of Wyoming County on September 29, 2017, and he was sentenced to life in prison without mercy by order entered on April 11, 2018. The petitioner appealed his conviction to this Court in 2018 asserting the following assignments...

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