Opinion ID: 1308078
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: the recommended sentence

Text: Finally, appellant says that the trial court abused and misused W.Va.Code, 61-11-16 [1941] [4] by recommending that he serve three years of his one-to-five-year sentence. He states that nothing in his record justified this recommendation, and that the trial judge made no findings of fact or conclusions of law, thereby precluding any review of whether he abused his discretion. As a general rule, [s]entences imposed by the trial court, if within statutory limits and if not based on some unpermissible factor, are not subject to appellate review. Syl. pt. 4, State v. Goodnight, W.Va., 287 S.E.2d 504 (1982); see also State v. Rogers, W.Va., 280 S.E.2d 82, 84 (1981). The appellant's sentence is clearly within the statutory guidelines, and we find no evidence that the court's recommendation was based on an impermissible factor. Under these circumstances, the sentence is not reviewable. For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County is affirmed. Affirmed.