STATE EX REL. KEARNS v. FOX

No. 14887.

268 S.E.2d 65 (1980)

STATE ex rel. Ward Alan KEARNS, etc., et al. v. Fred L. FOX II, Judge, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Mones, Juvenile Advocates, William F. Byrne, Morgantown, for petitioners.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Frances W. McCoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondents.


NEELY, Chief Justice:

On 3 April 1980, an arrest warrant was issued for petitioner, Ward Alan Kearns, a juvenile. The warrant charged him with intentionally making physical contact of an insulting nature with another juvenile. Petitioners presented themselves to Magistrate W. R. "Squib" Wilson, respondent, on 24 April 1980. On the following day petitioners requested that Magistrate Wilson arrange for the circuit court to appoint an attorney on their behalf. Their...

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