Farber v. Douglas
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Chief Justice:
In this original prohibition action, we are asked to prohibit the circuit court judge and the prosecuting attorney of Braxton County from taking any action against Michael Farber, the relator, based upon a two-count false swearing indictment recently returned by a Braxton County grand jury against the relator.
Two grounds are asserted for the prohibition. First, the prosecutor should have disqualified himself as a matter of law from seeking this indictment because he has a direct interest in the criminal charge, which arose out of a civil action in which he was a party.…
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2Cases cited56 opinions
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- State v. BoydWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
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