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STATE EX REL. ROBINSON v. MICHAEL

No. 15084.

276 S.E.2d 812 (1981)

STATE of West Virginia, ex rel. Carolyn ROBINSON v. Nelson M. MICHAEL, Esquire, Prosecuting Attorney in and for Mineral County, West Virginia, succeeded by Daniel C. Staggers.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

April 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Pierce Kelley, Jr., Romney, for relator.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., and Silas B. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.

W. Va. Prosecuting Attorneys Association by Leo Catsonis, Charleston, amicus curiae.

McHUGH, Justice:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus wherein the petitioner, Carolyn Robinson, seeks to compel the respondent, the Prosecuting Attorney of Mineral County, Daniel C. Staggers, who succeeded Nelson M. Michael, to represent her in a contempt proceeding. By an order of the Circuit Court of Mineral County, dated September 9, 1975, Marlin Dennis Robinson, the former husband of the petitioner, was required...

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