KEENAN v. BORDENKIRCHER

No. 15413.

294 S.E.2d 175 (1982)

John A. KEENAN v. Donald E. BORDENKIRCHER, Superintendent West Virginia Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Purbaugh, Charleston, James Moliterno, Wheeling, for appellant.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., and Joseph C. Cometti, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.


PER CURIAM:

On November 7, 1979, fifteen inmates of the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville escaped from the prison. The appellant in this action, John A. Keenan, was one of those inmates. He was apprehended the following day near McMechen, West Virginia, was returned to the penitentiary and immediately placed in North Hall. On the same day that he was returned to the prison, the appellant was given a copy of the charge against him—violation of institutional...

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