MILLER, Justice:
In this original habeas corpus proceeding, we are asked to determine if our probation statute, W.Va.Code, 62-12-2, can be construed to empower a circuit judge to order a period of incarceration as a condition of probation. We conclude that it cannot.
In June of 1979 the petitioner was indicted for robbery by violence and in a separate two count indictment for conspiracy to commit robbery on two individuals, one of whom was the subject of the...
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