Legal Opinion
In Re Yoho
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided March 25, 1983No. 15632PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARSHBARGER, Justice:
When Robert “Buddy” Yoho was indicted for two drug violations, he bargained to plead guilty to a marijuana offense in exchange for a state recommendation that he be incarcerated in a youth correctional center and that an LSD charge be nolle prossed. During plea negotiations the state offered to nolle both if he would voluntarily testify about his drug sources, but he refused. He was sentenced for his marijuana offense in accord with the plea agreement, and at his sentencing he received a subpoena to testify before a grand jury.
Yoho appeared before the Wetzel County Grand…
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