STATE EX REL. JONES v. TRENT

No. 23900.

490 S.E.2d 357 (1997)

200 W.Va. 538

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Robert P. JONES, Petitioner, v. George TRENT, Warden, Mt. Olive Correctional Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Victor, Charleston, for Petitioner.

Mary Beth Kershner, Asst. Pros. Atty., Kanawha County, Charleston, for State.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Robert P. Jones (hereinafter "Petitioner") seeks a writ of habeas corpus and challenges the revocation of his probation. The Petitioner asserts that the lower court erred in admitting an uncorroborated prior statement of an unavailable alleged accomplice in a robbery. Moreover, the Petitioner alleged that even if the statement is deemed admissible, it was not sufficiently reliable to establish a probation violation by a preponderance of the...

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