STATE EX REL. McCLANAHAN v. HAMILTON

No. 21523.

430 S.E.2d 569 (1993)

189 W.Va. 290

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Angela McCLANAHAN, Relator, v. Honorable John HAMILTON, Judge of the Circuit Court of Pendleton County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided April 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Paul Geary, Geary & Geary, Petersburg, for relator.

Jerry D. Moore, Pros. Atty. of Pendleton County, Franklin, for respondent.


MILLER, Justice:

In this original proceeding in prohibition, Angela McClanahan, the relator, seeks to prevent the respondent judge from proceeding in the criminal action against her until Jerry Moore, the Prosecuting Attorney of Pendleton County, is disqualified from the case. The relator asserts that Mr. Moore should be prohibited from participating in the prosecution because he previously represented her in a civil action involving a substantially related matter...

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