State of West Virginia v. Gerald Doom

Davis, Justice:

This is a criminal appeal by Gerald Doom (Mr. Doom) from an order of the Circuit Court of Braxton County, sentencing him to imprisonment upon his guilty plea to third offense shoplifting. The circuit court imposed a sentence of one to ten years imprisonment that was to be served consecutively to a sentence previously imposed in Monongalia County. Here, Mr. Doom argues that the circuit court committed error in denying his pre-sentencing motion for an alternative sentence. 1 While this case was pending, this Court asked the parties to brief the issue of whether Mr. Doom’s…