Legal Opinion
SER State of West Virginia v. Hon. Robert A. Burnside, Jr., and Richard Hardison, Jr.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 2014No. 13-0733PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Justice KETCHUM:
The Petitioner, the State of West Virginia, invokes this Court’s original jurisdiction in prohibition to challenge the June 26, 2013, order of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County suppressing an audio recording which the State sought to introduce in its criminal prosecution of Respondent Richard E. Hardison, Jr., a licensed lawyer in West Virginia (“Lawyer Hardison”). The Raleigh County Sheriffs Department sent a confidential informant, equipped with a body wire, to meet with and attempt to purchase cocaine from Lawyer Hardison. The confidential informant allegedly discussed…
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