STATE EX REL. SPAULDING v. WATT

No. 20853.

422 S.E.2d 818 (1992)

188 W.Va. 96

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. O.C. SPAULDING, Prosecuting Attorney for Putnam County, Petitioner, v. Honorable Clarence L. WATT, Judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County, and Mark J. McClelland, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Sorsaia, Asst. Pros. Atty., Winfield, for petitioner.

Franklin D. Cleckley, Morgantown, for respondent Honorable Clarence L. Watt, Judge.

Gregory G. Campbell, Leo Catsonis, Charleston, for respondent Mark J. McClelland.


PER CURIAM:

In this original proceeding in prohibition the relator, the State of West Virginia, prays that this Court prohibit the respondent, Clarence L. Watt, Judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County, from providing respondent Mark J. McClelland with a new trial on certain criminal charges. The State claims that respondent McClelland has not made an adequate showing for a new trial and that, given the particular circumstances of the case, the circuit judge exceeded...

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