State v. Long

MILLER, Justice:1

The appellant, Melody Long, files this appeal from the August 9, 1993, order of the Circuit Court of Upshur County, in which the court denied her petition for alternative sentencing. The issue on appeal is whether a circuit court has the authority to impose an alternative sentence of work release, coupled with home confinement when the defendant is not at work, where the offender was convicted of second offense driving under the influence of alcohol. The Circuit Court of Upshur County concluded that it did not have such authority. We disagree and remand this ease back to the…