State ex rel. Walls v. Noland

BROTHERTON, Justice:

The appellant, Magistrate Patricia A. No-land of Jefferson County, West Virginia,1 appeals from a writ of prohibition granted by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, ordering that she halt proceedings against the appellee, Cindy Walls, on four pending worthless check charges.

Cindy Walls was charged with four counts of issuing worthless checks in violation of W.Va.Code § 61-3-39a et seq. Complaints filed in magistrate court described four checks which were drawn on Cindy Walls’ account with Dominion Federal Savings & Loan Association and payable in varying amounts to…