WATSON v. BLACK

No. 13897.

239 S.E.2d 664 (1977)

Roger E. WATSON v. Donald F. BLACK, Judge, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Lynch Christian, III and Gregory R. Gorrell, Charleston, for relator.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., John L. MacCorkle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.


NEELY, Justice:

This habeas corpus proceeding concerns a petitioner who may have deliberately developed conflicts with his court-appointed attorney. We are therefore, provided a vehicle to discuss the circumstances under which a defendant may change his court-appointed attorney.

Petitioner was arrested on July 3, 1976 for malicious wounding and his bond was set at $10,000.00. Thereafter, the Circuit Court of Wood...

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