Legal Opinion
Woodall v. Laurita
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided May 29, 1973No. 13283PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Neely, Judge:
On November 29, 1972, the petitioner applied to this Court for a writ of prohibition to prohibit the Honorable Marvin R. Kiger, Judge of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, West Virginia, and Joseph A. Laurita, Jr., Prosecuting Attorney of Monongalia County, from trying the petitioner on November 30, 1972. On November 29, 1972 this Court issued a rule to show cause and stayed all further proceedings in the case.
The petitioner was indicted on October 5, 1972 by a grand jury in Monongalia County for the alleged murder on August 5, 1972 of Johnna Lynn Benson, a three-year-old…
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