Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Herald Mail Co. v. Hamilton
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided June 10, 1980No. 14799, 14837PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Justice:
In this original writ of prohibition, the relator, The Herald Mail Company [Herald Mail], seeks to prohibit the enforcement of a closure order entered by the Circuit Court of Hardy County on February 27, 1980. The effect of this order was to bar members of the public and press from portions of a scheduled pretrial hearing in a murder case in which Robert M. Leach was the defendant.
Mr. Leach’s counsel had filed with the trial court, in addition to a number of pretrial motions, a closure motion which in effect indicated that the defendant was willing to waive his right to a…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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3Cited by44 opinions
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