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STATE EX REL. PEACHER v. SENCINDIVER

No. 13835.

233 S.E.2d 425 (1977)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Charles W. PEACHER, Jr. v. Vance E. SENCINDIVER Judge, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

April 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Radosh & Askin, Steven M. Askin, Martinsburg, for relator.

Robert R. Skinner, Pros. Atty., Charles Town, for respondents.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Petitioner Charles W. Peacher, Jr. was arrested June 30, 1976 and indicted in Jefferson County on September 21, 1976 for murder and burglary.

He was examined by four psychiatrists, two, separately, in the Jefferson County jail, and two at Weston State Hospital.

The Weston examination was court-ordered and made in December, 1976. The psychiatrists reported on January 3, 1977 that defendant was competent to stand trial but they...

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