Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Graves v. Daugherty
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided May 13, 1980No. 14517, 14518PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Harshbarger, Justice:
In these consolidated cases, we decide whether an indigent defendant in a paternity action is entitled to appointed counsel, and whether he can be denied a blood grouping of himself, the child’s mother and the child because he is unable to pay for the tests.
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NO. 14517
On April 16, 1974, Donna Gosnay obtained a warrant charging Charles Joseph Graves with fathering her illegitimate child. Graves was arrested on December 30, 1974. He stated in a deposition taken August 3, 1979, that he could not recall whether he was ever incarcerated on the charge, but a notation on the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Little v. StreaterSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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- Tasker v. MohnWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
- Mason County Board of Education v. State Superintendent of SchoolsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- Jewell v. MaynardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1989
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