MATTER OF W.VA. STATE POLICE CRIME LAB.

No. 21973.

438 S.E.2d 501 (1993)

190 W.Va. 321

In the Matter of an INVESTIGATION OF the WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE CRIME LABORATORY, SEROLOGY DIVISION.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Opinion Decided November 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Ross, Sp. Pros. Atty., Charleston.

George Castelle, Chief Public Defender of Kanawha County, Charleston.


MILLER, Justice:

This case is an extraordinary proceeding arising from a petition filed with this Court on June 2, 1993, by William C. Forbes, Prosecuting Attorney for Kanawha County, requesting the appointment of a circuit judge to conduct an investigation into whether habeas corpus relief should be granted to prisoners whose convictions were obtained through the willful false testimony of Fred S. Zain, a former serologist with the Division of Public Safety. On June...

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