In this original prohibition proceeding, the Prosecuting Attorney for Kanawha County ("petitioner"), seeks to prohibit the respondent judge, the Honorable Herman Canady, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County ("respondent judge"), from entering an order dismissing an indictment charging Matthew Hensley ("defendant") with the crime of malicious assault under W. Va.Code 61-2-9(a) (1978).
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STATE EX REL. FORBES v. CANADY
475 S.E.2d 37 (1996)
197 W.Va. 37
STATE of West Virginia ex rel. William C. FORBES, Prosecuting Attorney for Kanawha County, Petitioner, v. Honorable Herman G. CANADY, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, and Matthew R. Hensley, Respondents.
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Submitted February 6, 1996.
Decided June 13, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gregory J. Campbell, Campbell & Turkaly, Charleston, for Respondent Hensley.
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