STATE EX REL. SUTTON v. MAZZONE

No. 29958.

557 S.E.2d 385 (2001)

210 W.Va. 331

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Ryan A. SUTTON, Petitioner, v. Honorable James P. MAZZONE, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, and Scott R. Smith, Prosecuting Attorney for Ohio County, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Blevins, Esq., Assistant Public Defender, Wheeling, West Virginia, Attorney for Petitioner.

Honorable James P. Mazzone, respondent pro se.

Scott R. Smith, Esq., Prosecuting Attorney, William J. Ihlenfeld, II, Esq., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Stephen L. Vogrin, Esq., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Wheeling, West Virginia, Attorneys for Prosecuting Attorney.


PER CURIAM:

In this original proceeding in prohibition, the relator, Ryan A. Sutton, who has been charged with homicide, prays that this Court prohibit the trial judge, the judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, from compelling his attorney to produce certain information prior to trial. He also claims that the trial judge has improperly placed certain conditions upon the independent forensic examination, which he has requested, of the alleged murder weapon and...

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