Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Wilmoth v. Gustke
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided October 21, 1988No. 18357PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McHUGH, Chief Justice:
This case is before this Court upon a petition for a writ of prohibition against the respondents, the Honorable Arthur N. Gustke, Judge of the Circuit Court of Wood County and Harry G. Deitzler, the Wood County Prosecuting Attorney, to prohibit the scheduled trial of the petitioner, Fred Wilmoth, who is accused of violating W. Va. Code, 61-5-17 [1931], the statutory proscription against obstructing a law enforcement officer in the lawful exercise of his or her duty. This Court has before it the petition for appeal and the briefs of counsel.1
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