State Ex Rel. Spaulding v. Watt

423 S.E.2d 217 (1992)

188 W.Va. 124

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. O.C. SPAULDING, Prosecuting Attorney for Putnam County, Relator,

v.

Honorable Clarence L. WATT, Judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County, and Mark J. McClelland, Respondents.

No. 21304.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted September 2, 1992.

Decided September 17, 1992.

Mark A. Sorsaia, Asst. Pros. Atty. of Putnam County, Winfield, for relator.

Gregory J. Campbell, Charleston, for respondent Mark J. McClelland.

MILLER, Justice:

This is an original proceeding in prohibition. On July 21, 1992, we issued a rule, returnable…