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STATE EX REL. SMITH v. SCOTT

No. 13938.

238 S.E.2d 223 (1977)

STATE ex rel. James Darrell SMITH v. George M. SCOTT, Circuit Judge of Roane County.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

October 25, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. McCarty, Spencer, for relator.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., William D. Highland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.

MILLER, Justice:

In this prohibition proceeding the relator seeks to prevent the Circuit Court of Roane County from exercising criminal jurisdiction over his person. Relator contends that the order transferring his case from the juvenile court to the criminal court was void as the juvenile judge did not conduct a meaningful transfer hearing as mandated by Kent v. United States, 383 U.S. 541, 86 S.Ct. 1045, 16 L.Ed.2d 84 (1966...

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