State v. Phalen

452 S.E.2d 70 (1994)

192 W.Va. 267

STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Appellee,

v.

Mark Wayne PHALEN, Defendant Below, Appellant.

No. 22077.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted September 21, 1994.

Decided November 21, 1994.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Atty. Gen., Silas B. Taylor, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Victor S. Woods, Legal Intern, Charleston, for appellee.

Herbert L. Hively, II, Johnson Law Office, Charleston, for appellant.

McHUGH, Justice:

The appellant, Mark Wayne Phalen, was convicted of one count of forgery pursuant to W.Va.Code, 61-4-5 [1961] in the Circuit Court of Clay…