STATE EX REL. MOATS v. JANCO

No. 12979.

180 S.E.2d 74 (1971)

STATE ex rel. Howard William MOATS v. Joseph JANCO, Sheriff, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided March 16, 1971.

Dissenting Opinions March 26, 1971.

Dissenting Opinions March 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Cady, Morgantown, for appellant.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., George E. Lantz, Deputy Atty. Gen., Willard A. Sullivan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.


HAYMOND, Judge.

This habeas corpus proceeding is here upon appeal by the petitioner, Howard William Moats, from the final judgment of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County rendered October 24, 1969, which refused to require the defendant, Joseph Janco, Sheriff of Monongalia County, to release the petitioner from the jail of Monongalia County where he was confined pursuant to a judgment of William M. Bowers, Justice of the...

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