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STATE v. ROMACA

No. 14732.

278 S.E.2d 891 (1981)

STATE of West Virginia v. Violet Lillian ROMACA.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 9, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas, Covert, King & Riffee and M. Joseph Thomas, St. Albans, for plaintiff.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Michael G. Clagett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for defendant.

PER CURIAM:

Violet Lillian Romaca appeals from a 1978 misdemeanor manslaughter conviction in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County. Romaca's motion to dismiss the misdemeanor manslaughter indictment was overruled. Romaca contends, as she did below, that she has a statutory right to be tried for the offense in magistrate court because the State first charged her with the offense by warrant in magistrate court. The State confesses error, recognizing Romaca is entitled...

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