STATE v. BIAS

No. CC 958.

352 S.E.2d 52 (1986)

STATE of West Virginia v. Henry BIAS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Beth Kershner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellant.

Bradley J. Pyles, Logan, for appellee.


McHUGH, Justice:

Pursuant to W. Va. R. App. P. 13 and W. Va. Code, 58-5-2 [1967], the Circuit Court of Logan County, West Virginia (the trial court) has certified the following two questions:

(1) Does the trial court lack jurisdiction to try a criminal defendant who was on three occasions between 1969 and 1973 found to be incompetent to stand trial and was committed to a state mental hospital, by...

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