SER Ralph A. Lorenzetti, Jr., Pros. Attorney v. Hon. David H. Sanders, Judge

LOUGHRY, Justice,

The circuit court’s clear legal'error in dismissing fifty-three counts of the fifty-four-count indictment returned against the respondent, Elizabeth Shanton, deprived the State of its right to prosecute its case against Ms. Shanton and warranted the issuance, of the writ of prohibition. I write separately to emphasize the correctness of the majority’s decision, as reflected in its new syllabus point one, which provides that each use of a State-issued purchasing card (“P-card”) in a manner contrary to West Virginia Code § 12-3-10a, or the rules promulgated thereunder,…