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STATE EX REL. WRIGHT v. McCOY

No. 15626.

298 S.E.2d 257 (1982)

STATE ex rel. Lacy WRIGHT, Jr., State Senator, etc. v. W. Joseph McCOY, Commissioner, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Homburg and John A. Rogers, Legislative Services, Charleston, for relator.

Janet Frye Steele, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Lacy Wright, Jr., a state senator, petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to reopen Leckie Center, a juvenile facility located within his senatorial district.

He relies on DeVault v. Nicholson, W.Va., 296 S.E.2d 682 (1982), that held that the Commissioner of Corrections lacked authority...

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