SER Scott R. Smith, Prosecuting Attorney v. Hon. David J. Sims, Judge

LOUGHRY, Justice.

The petitioner,-Scott R; Smith, Prosecuting Attorney of Ohio County, West Virginia, invokes this- Court’s original jurisdiction and seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the respondent, the Honorable David J. Sims, Judge of First Judicial Circuit, from dismissing a juvenile petition against the respondent juvenile, J.Y., 1 a twelve-year-old boy charged with the offense of possession of a- deadly weapon on the- premises of an educational facility as set forth in West.Virginia Code § 61 — 7—lla(b)(l) (2014). By order entered March 6,2014, the circuit court dismissed the…