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ECHARD v. HOLLAND

No. 17004.

351 S.E.2d 51 (1986)

Carl O'Dell ECHARD v. Manfred G. HOLLAND, Warden, West Virginia Penitentiary and John Massie, Records Clerk, West Virginia Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renner, Everett, Bush & Powell, Richard A. Bush, Parkersburg, for appellant.

Harry G. Deitzler, PA, Parkersburg, for appellee.

McGRAW, Justice:

On February 15, 1985, the appellant, Carl O'Dell Echard, a prisoner at the West Virginia Penitentiary, filed a pro se petition in the Circuit Court of Marshall County seeking the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus against the appellees, Manfred G. Holland, the warden at the penitentiary, and John Massie, the records clerk at the penitentiary. In his petition, the appellant alleged that he was being illegally detained as a result of an...

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