STATE EX REL. PARTAIN v. OAKLEY

No. 13692.

227 S.E.2d 314 (1976)

STATE ex rel. George L. PARTAIN v. Harvey OAKLEY, Judge of the Circuit Court of Logan County.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valentine, Wilson & Partain, George L. Partain, Logan, for relator.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., E. Leslie Hoffman, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.


BERRY, Chief Justice:

In this extraordinary proceeding, George L. Partain, a licensed practicing attorney in Logan County, West Virginia, seeks a writ from this Court prohibiting the Honorable Harvey Oakley, Judge of the Circuit Court of Logan County, from requiring him to represent one Sam Lambert, a defendant in criminal proceedings in the circuit court. The petitioner's obligation to represent Lambert arises out of an...

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