STATE EX REL. ROJAS v. WILKES

No. 22599.

455 S.E.2d 575 (1995)

193 W.Va. 206

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Aristides ROJAS, Petitioner, v. Honorable Christopher C. WILKES, Judge of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, and Pamela Games-Neely, Prosecuting Attorney for Berkeley County, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin D. Mills, Martinsburg, for petitioner.

John M. Hedges, Byrne & Hedges, Morgantown, for respondents.


FOX, Judge:1

The issue in this case is whether a criminal defendant who is personally indigent is entitled to public funds for expert assistance deemed essential to an effective defense after a third party provides financial assistance which enables the defendant to have the benefit of private counsel.

The petitioner, Aristides Rojas, age 23, was indicted in May, 1994, for the felony of murder of the first degree. He is presently...

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