STATE v. DUDICK

No. 13486.

213 S.E.2d 458 (1975)

STATE of West Virginia v. Metro DUDICK.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

March 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson Frame & Rowe, Clark B. Frame and Richard E. Rowe, Morgantown, for plaintiff in error.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Richard E. Hardison, Deputy Atty. Gen., Betty L. Caplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for defendant in error.


NEELY, Justice:

We have long been concerned in the administration of criminal law with the inevitable tension inherent in the competing goals of providing the accused with fair disclosure of evidentiary material relied upon by the State and, on the other hand, of protecting the State from illegal tampering with evidence. The great weight of authority in both the federal and state courts rejects application of the liberal...

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