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STATE EX REL. ROGERS v. STEPTOE

No. 17256.

350 S.E.2d 7 (1986)

STATE ex rel. Ellsworth J. ROGERS, Jr. v. Hon. Thomas W. STEPTOE, Jr., Judge, etc. and Earl W. Weller, Pros. Atty.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. King, Public Defender Corp., Martinsburg, for petitioner.

Earl W. Weller, Pros. Atty., Martinsburg, for respondents.

NEELY, Justice:

This original prohibition proceeding was brought to enforce a plea bargain. A Berkeley County grand jury indicted petitioner on a charge of first degree murder in May, 1984. On 17 October 1985, Circuit Judge Thomas W. Steptoe, Jr., set the trial for 12 November 1985. On or about 17 October 1985, plea negotiations began between the petitioner and the State. On 8 November 1985, the petitioner, his attorney, and the prosecutor met in chambers. At that...

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