State v. Ward

BROTHERTON, Justice:

On December 12,1985, the appellant, Jeffrey Ward, was found guilty of daytime burglary by entering without breaking into the home of his mother, Mrs. Crete Ward, on or about May 13, 1984. Sentencing was delayed until April 28, 1989, when Ward was ordered to serve one to ten years in the State Penitentiary at Moundsville, West Virginia. The sentence was suspended and Ward was placed on two years probation. However, he was subsequently ordered to serve four months in the Wayne County Jail as a term and condition of his probation. Ward’s appeal is based primarily on his…