STATE EX REL. BOWERS v. SCOTT

No. 34972.

697 S.E.2d 722 (2010)

STATE ex rel. Stephen P. BOWERS, Petitioner Below, Appellee v. Thomas SCOTT, Administrator, Southwestern Regional Jail; and Wyetta Fredricks, Director, West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, Respondent Below, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided March 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey D. Cramer, Esq., Marshall County Prosecuting Attorney, Moundsville, WV, Attorney for the Appellants.

J.L. Hickok, Esq., West Virginia Public Defender Services, Charleston, WV, Attorney for the Appellee.


PER CURIAM:

The Appellants (hereafter "State") seek reversal of an order of the Circuit Court of Marshall County granting habeas corpus relief to the Appellee (hereafter "Defendant"). The circuit court held that the Defendant had received ineffective assistance of counsel in his criminal trial and that the outcome of the case would have been favorable to the Defendant if the Defendant had received effective assistance of counsel. Having fully considered the record...

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