STATE v. HUTTON

No. 14-0603.

776 S.E.2d 621 (2015)

STATE of West Virginia, Respondent Below, Respondent v. Orville M. HUTTON, Petitioner Below, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 16, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valena Beety, Esq. , Michael Blumenthal, Esq. , Nicole Annan , Law Student, Courtney Hooper , Martin McKeen , Devon Unger , Law Students, West Virginia University College of Law Clinical Law Program Morgantown, WV, for Petitioner.

Patrick Morrisey, Esq. , Attorney General, Elbert Lin, Esq. , Solicitor General, J. Zak Ritchie, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, WV, for Respondent.


This is an appeal by Orville M. Hutton from an order of the Circuit Court of Harrison County that denied his petition for a writ of error coram nobis. Mr. Hutton sought the writ in order to have his guilty plea conviction for unlawful assault vacated on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. Mr. Hutton alleged that his...

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