State of West Virginia ex rel. Scott R. Smith, Prosecuting Attorney for Ohio County v. The Honorable Michael Olejasz

FILED November 8, 2021 released at 3:00 p.m. EDYTHE NASH GAISER, CLERK STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA State of West Virginia ex rel. Scott R. Smith, Prosecuting Attorney for Ohio County, Petitioner vs.) No. 20-1028 (Ohio County No. 20-F-45) The Honorable Michael J. Olejasz, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, and Danny Ivan Mendoza, Respondents MEMORANDUM DECISION Petitioner Scott R. Smith, Prosecuting Attorney for Ohio County (“the State”), by counsel Patrick Morrisey, Andrea Nease Proper, Karen C. Villanueva-Matkovich and…