State of WV Ex Rel Eric W. Lewis v. The Honorable Kurt W. Hall and David Godwin

Jenkins, Justice:

*117 This case was brought as a writ of prohibition under the original jurisdiction of this Court by the Petitioner, Eric W. Lewis ("Mr. Lewis"). In this proceeding, Mr. Lewis seeks to have this Court disqualify the Respondent, the Honorable Kurt W. Hall, Judge of the Circuit Court of Upshur County ("Judge Hall"), from presiding over his criminal trial. As an alternative form of relief, Mr. Lewis seeks to have this Court prohibit the Respondent, David E. Godwin, Upshur County Prosecuting Attorney ("Prosecutor Godwin"), from calling the clerk of the circuit court as a witness in…