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STATE EX REL. GOFF v. MERRIFIELD

No. 22088.

446 S.E.2d 695 (1994)

191 W.Va. 473

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Marshall GOFF, Petitioner, v. Honorable Rodney B. MERRIFIELD, Judge of the Circuit Court of Marion County, and Ron Watkins, Sheriff of Marion County, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 17, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana R. Shay, Fairmont, for petitioner.

James H. Hearst, Asst. Pros. Atty., Fairmont, for respondent Ron Watkins.

Lonnie C. Simmons, DiTrapano & Jackson, Charleston, for respondent Rodney B. Merrifield.

McHUGH, Justice:

In the case before this Court, the petitioner, Marshall Goff, seeks a writ of habeas corpus against the respondents, the Honorable Rodney B. Merrifield, Judge of the Circuit Court of Marion County, and Ron Watkins, Sheriff of Marion County. The petitioner seeks his immediate release from the Marion County jail.1

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In February, 1993, the petitioner was indicted...

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