State v. MM

256 S.E.2d 549 (1979)

STATE of West Virginia

v.

M. M.

No. 14201.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 25, 1979.

Rickey, Chase, Chase & Hyre and Frederick E. Gardner, Moundsville, for plaintiff in error.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen. and Joseph C. Cometti, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for defendant in error.

McGRAW, Justice:

On January 6, 1978, the Circuit Court of Wetzel County transferred the case of sixteen year old M. M. to a criminal proceeding. The child appeals from the transfer order. See, W.Va.Code § 49-5-10 [1977]. One set of issues in this appeal concerns the trial court's…