Man Gets Life Sentences

{Charleston, West Virginia}…Kanawha Circuit Judge Charles King has sentenced Charleston drug dealer 29 year old Garland Lee Murray of St. Albans to one to 15 years for nighttime burglary and consecutive life sentences for first-degree murder and the attempted kidnapping of his wife, Ebony Poole. Gregory Poole was shot to death in a North Charleston yard in April 2010. Authorities say Murray and his brother, Deshawne Taylor, were attempting to force Poole and his wife to reveal where they kept their illegal drugs and cash. The couple were both on Federal parole for drug violations. Prosecutors successfully obtained a conviction on a recidivism charge, or the "three-strikes rule" based on Murray's past crimes. That conviction, decided by a jury two weeks ago, made a life sentence on the attempted kidnapping charge possible.