State Ex Rel. RCF v. Wilt

252 S.E.2d 168 (1979)

STATE ex rel. R. C. F.

v.

Howard W. WILT, Sheriff.

No. 14264.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 19, 1979.

J. Wendell Reed, Shepherdstown, for relator.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., David F. Greene, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.

McGRAW, Justice:

In this original habeas corpus proceeding, before this Court pursuant to W.Va.Code § 53-4-1, we are urged to award the writ and discharge the relator from further confinement in a jail, which we have done. The underlying issue presented for determination is whether a circuit court or a juvenile referee…