STATE EX REL. SUTTON v. KEADLE

No. 16814.

342 S.E.2d 103 (1985)

STATE ex rel. John S. SUTTON v. Thomas H. KEADLE, et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Dissenting Opinion March 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall C. Levine, Buckhannon, for relator.

Silas B. Taylor, Deputy Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondents.


MILLER, Chief Justice:

In this original proceeding in prohibition, the relator, John S. Sutton, seeks to prevent the Honorable Thomas H. Keadle, judge of the Circuit Court of Upshur County, and Alexander M. Ross, prosecuting attorney of Upshur County, the respondents, from trying him on a two-count felony indictment on the ground that the State failed to afford him a speedy trial as statutorily guaranteed by W.Va.Code, 62-3-21.

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