State Ex Rel. C. A. H. v. Strickler

McGraw, Justice:

In this prohibition proceeding this Court issued a show cause order on June 12, 1978 1 for the purpose of considering whether the Circuit Court of Nicholas County exceeded its lawful jurisdiction under State ex rel. Harris v. Calendine, _ W. Va. _, 233 S.E.2d 318 (1977), by committing the relator, a juvenile status offender, to the West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls at Salem, a secure prison-like facility housing exclusively juveniles adjudicated delinquent for committing crimi nal offenses. We hold the trial court exceeded its lawful jurisdiction and award the writ.

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