STATE EX REL. PARSONS v. ZAKAIB

No. 27469.

532 S.E.2d 654 (2000)

207 W.Va. 385

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Larry F. PARSONS, Administrator of the South Central Regional Jail, Petitioner, v. Honorable Paul ZAKAIB, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, and Gerald K. Mollohan, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Forbes, Prosecuting Attorney, Michael C. Allen, Special Prosecuting Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Linda Gay, Carrie Webster, Assistant Public Defenders, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Respondents.


McGRAW, Justice:

This original proceeding in prohibition raises the issue of whether the Circuit Court of Kanawha County exceeded its legitimate powers by failing to apply the recently-promulgated Rules Governing Post-Conviction Habeas Corpus Proceedings in West Virginia (hereafter the "Habeas Corpus Rules") to a discovery dispute arising in a case pending at the time such rules were adopted. Because application of the new Habeas Corpus Rules in such a context was...

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