STATE EX REL. JOHN DOE v. TROISI

No. 22817.

459 S.E.2d 139 (1995)

194 W.Va. 28

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. JOHN DOE, Jane Doe, and Jane Roe, Relators, v. Honorable Joseph G. TROISI, Special Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, and Michele Rusen, Special Prosecuting Attorney for Kanawha County, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie C. Simmons, DiTrapano & Jackson, Charleston, for relators.

Michele Rusen, Sp. Pros. Atty. for Kanawha County, Parkersburg, for respondents.


CLECKLEY, Justice:

In this original proceeding in prohibition, the relators request that we broaden the attorney-client privilege by creating a per se preliminary standard for grand jury proceedings that requires prosecutors to show a compelling need for certain information before a subpoena issued for the attorneys of investigated clients may be enforced. We decline to create such a far reaching standard out of...

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