State v. Tamez

290 S.E.2d 14 (1982)

STATE of West Virginia

v.

Michael M. TAMEZ.

No. 14715.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

February 24, 1982.

Dissenting Opinion April 6, 1982.

Stephen W. Moreland, Romney, for Michael M. Tamez.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen. and Thomas N. Trent, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for the State.

McHUGH, Justice:

This action is before this Court upon the petition of Michael M. Tamez (hereinafter "defendant") for an appeal from his 1978 felony conviction in the Circuit Court of Hampshire County, West Virginia, of the offense of delivery of a controlled substance. On October 18,…