STATE v. GEORGE ANTHONY W.

Nos. 23393, 23394.

488 S.E.2d 361 (1996)

200 W.Va. 86

STATE of West Virginia, Appellee, v. GEORGE ANTHONY W., An Infant Under the Age of 18 Years, and Joann W. O., Parent And/Or Custodian of Said Child, Respondents Below, George Anthony W., An Infant Under the Age of 18 Years, Appellant. STATE of West Virginia, Appellee, v. STEPHFON W., An Infant Under the Age of 18 Years, and Betty B., Parent and/or Custodian of Said Child, Respondents Below, Stephfon W., An Infant under the Age of 18 Years, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rory L. Perry, II, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, for Appellee.

James Robert Amos, D. Conrad Gall, Fairmont, for Appellant George Anthony W.

Frances C. Whiteman, Fairmont, for Appellant Stephfon W.


ALBRIGHT, Justice:

The appellants in this proceeding,1 George Anthony W. and Stephfon W., who are infants, claim that the Circuit Court of Marion County, acting as the Juvenile Court of that County, erred in transferring them to the adult jurisdiction of the court and in directing that they be tried as adults for the murder of Dortha Minor. They also claim that the court should have ruled on...

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