STATE EX REL. BROWN v. MERRIFIELD

No. 19361.

389 S.E.2d 484 (1990)

STATE ex rel. Jay Montgomery BROWN, Prosecuting Attorney of Marion County v. Hon. Rodney B. MERRIFIELD, Judge of the Circuit Court of Marion County, and Frank C. Mascara, Special Prosecuting Attorney of Marion County.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

January 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Scott, Spencer, for Jay Montgomery Brown.

Rodney B. Merrifield, Fairmont, pro se.

Leo Catsonis, Charleston, for Rodney B. Merrifield and Frank C. Mascara.

Frank C. Mascara, Sp. Pros. Atty., Fairmont, pro se.


NEELY, Chief Justice:

The respondent, Rodney B. Merrifield, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Marion County. The petitioner, Jay Montgomery Brown, is the prosecuting attorney of Marion County. Although the pleadings before us are not models of clarity, it became apparent at oral argument in this Court that friction developed between the respondent and the petitioner as a result of differing opinions about how to handle matters in the local courts and, perhaps, because...

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