State v. Watkins

Joseph L. Watkins appeals the sentence imposed upon him by the Tucker County Circuit Court on March 29, 2002, following a March 22, 2002 guilty plea for petit larceny. The twenty-four-year-old appellant was sentenced to the county jail for one year and *479fined $2,500. The eodefendant, Michael Maxwell, was sentenced to ninety hours of community service plus a fine of $800 following his March 22, 2002 guilty plea to the offense of stealing a dog. The issue on appeal is whether the appellant’s sentence is disproportionate to the crime he committed and disparate to the sentence imposed on his…