State v. Patterson

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Patterson was sentenced to one to ten years for breaking and entering to which he had pled guilty in return for dismissal of four other indictments. After a presen-tence evaluation at Huttonsville Correctional Center, his sentence was suspended and he was committed to the Anthony Correctional Center, a place for young male offenders, for a period of not less than six months. *

Later, he was returned to his sentencing court and given probation for six months. He was first advised of the rules of probation and signed a “probation contract.” Shortly thereafter, he was…