State Ex Rel. Nelson v. Grimmett

This is an appeal by the State of West Virginia from an order of the Circuit Court of Logan County in a habeas corpus proceeding. In that order the circuit court directed Travis Grimmett, Sheriff of Logan County, to discharge from custody Debra Nelson, who was in Mr. Grimmett’s custody on an extradition warrant. In so doing the court concluded that the evidence adduced in support of the extradition warrant failed to show that Debra Nelson had knowingly and intelligently waived her right to counsel during criminal proceedings in South Carolina which gave rise to the extradition proceeding, and…