Cronauer v. State

322 S.E.2d 862 (1984)

In the Matter of the Application of Betty Ann CRONAUER For a Writ of Habeas Corpus

v.

STATE of West Virginia.

No. 16107.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 21, 1984.

Dissenting Opinion February 13, 1985.

Benjamin N. Snyder, Clendenin, for appellant.

Catherine A. McMullen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.

McHUGH, Chief Justice:

This action is before this Court upon the appeal of Betty Ann Cronauer, the appellant and petitioner below, from a final order of the Circuit Court of Clay County in which that court denied the appellant's petition for a writ of…