State v. Martin

This case is before this Court upon an appeal from the final order of the Circuit Court of Marion County, West Virginia, entered on March 15, 1995. Pursuant to that order, the circuit court denied the motion of the appellant, Shawn Martin, to reconsider the revocation of his probation. The appellant contends upon appeal that the circuit court’s resentencing of the appellant to the consecutive sentences he received upon two felony convictions, committed prior to his placement upon probation, violated W.Va. Const art. Ill, § 5, which states: “Penalties shall be proportioned to the character and…