STATE EX REL. NELSON v. GRIMMETT

No. 23891.

486 S.E.2d 588 (1997)

199 W.Va. 604

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Debra NELSON, a/k/a Debra Horn, Petitioner Below, Appellee, v. Travis GRIMMETT, Sheriff of Logan County, West Virginia Respondent Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Partain, Partain & Forester, Logan, for Appellee.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Scott E. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, for Appellant.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the State of West Virginia from an order of the Circuit Court of Logan County in a habeas corpus proceeding. In that order the circuit court directed Travis Grimmett, Sheriff of Logan County, to discharge from custody Debra Nelson, who was in Mr. Grimmett's custody on an extradition warrant. In so doing the court concluded that the evidence adduced in support of the extradition warrant failed to show that Debra Nelson had knowingly...

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