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CRAIN v. BORDENKIRCHER

No. 16646.

392 S.E.2d 227 (1990)

Robert Carl CRAIN v. Donald E. BORDENKIRCHER, Warden, West Virginia Penitentiary, et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

April 13, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Companion, William D. Wilmoth, Barbara L. Baxter, Schrader, Stamp, Byrd, Byrum & Companion, Wheeling, for Robert Crain.

Roger W. Tompkins, Atty. Gen., Dana David, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Thomas J. Gillooly, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Charleston, for Donald E. Bordenkircher, Warden, West Virginia Penitentiary.

PER CURIAM:

This proceeding originated in 1981 when inmates at the West Virginia Penitentiary (WVP) at Moundsville filed habeas corpus petitions requesting relief from their conditions of confinement, which they alleged constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article III, Section 5 of the West Virginia Constitution. These petitions were consolidated, and this Court appointed...

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