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STATE EX REL. D. D. H. v. DOSTERT

Nos. 14602, 14603 and 14769.

269 S.E.2d 401 (1980)

STATE ex rel. D. D. H. et al. v. The Honorable Pierre E. DOSTERT, Judge, etc., Brenda Casteel, Supt., etc., et al. STATE ex rel. D. D. H. et al. v. The Honorable Pierre DOSTERT, Judge, etc., et al. STATE of West Virginia v. D. D. H.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Dissenting Opinion July 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Wendell Reed, Shepherdstown, Thomas W. Steptoe, Jr., Avey, Steptoe, Perry & Van Metre, Charles Town, for relators and plaintiff in error.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Joseph C. Cometti, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard L. Withers, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondents and defendant in error.

NEELY, Chief Justice:

In this case we shall endeavor, with some apprehension, to clarify the proper procedures at the dispositional stage of a juvenile proceeding. The facts of these three consolidated cases1 provide an excellent opportunity to explore the nature of the juvenile disposition. Indeed this particular child's journey into the juvenile...

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