Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Walker v. Giardina
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided June 22, 1982No. 15507PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Chief Justice:
This case is before us on a rule to show cause for contempt of this Court. The respondents are two deputy sheriffs, who were custodians of the Jefferson County Jail on the evening of February 9, 1982. The charge is made that they refused to obey a stay of order of this Court.
On November 22, 1981, Petitioner Gary William Walker was arrested on a fugitive warrant and incarcerated in the Jefferson County Jail from that date until February 9, 1982. On January 4, the petitioner submitted a petition in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County for a writ of habeas corpus in…
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