State ex rel. E.K.C. v. Daugherty

In this original proceeding in prohibition, the relator, E.K.C., a juvenile, alleges that the respondent has unconstitutionally incarcerated him in the Cabell County Youth Center at Ona, West Virginia. He prays that this Court prohibit such incarceration, and he avers that his status as a juvenile probationer should not be revoked until he has been afforded a hearing. We conclude that the relator is entitled to the relief which he seeks, and we issue the Writ of Prohibition.

On March 17, 1982, the respondent judge of the Circuit Court of Cabell County entered an order adjudicating the relator…