STATE EX REL. v. Hamilton
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
280 S.E.2d 62 (1980)
STATE ex rel. Robert Meade LEACH
v.
The Honorable John M. HAMILTON, Judge, etc.
No. 14949.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
October 28, 1980.
Rehearing Denied February 13, 1981.
Askin & Burke and Steven M. Askin, Martinsburg, for relator.
Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., S. Clark Woodroe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.
HARSHBARGER, Justice:
Robert M. Leach seeks to prohibit Circuit Court Judge John M. Hamilton of Hardy County from trying him for murder. His reasons are that a single trial enforcing W.Va. Code, 62-3-15, violates his state and federal…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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