Cowie v. Roberts

McGRAW, Justice:

The appellant, Lawrence Glen Cowie, appeals from the denial of a petition for a writ of prohibition in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County. The appellant sought to prohibit the appellee, Commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, from suspending his license to operate an automobile in West Virginia for a period of ten years. Although the court below held that prohibition was the proper avenue of relief, it found that both the suspension of the appellant’s license and the enhancement of that suspension were lawful. Despite the advancement of several…