State of West Virginia v. Alex James McDonald

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS State of West Virginia, FILED Plaintiff Below, Respondent November 21, 2016 RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK vs) No. 16-0053 (Mineral County 15-F-108) SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA Alex James McDonald, Defendant Below, Petitioner MEMORANDUM DECISION Petitioner Alex James McDonald, by counsel Nicholas T. James, appeals the Circuit Court of Mineral County’s December 22, 2015, and January 7, 2016, orders finding that the crime of battery, to which he pled no contest, was sexually motivated. The State, by counsel Zachary Aaron Viglianco, filed a…