STATE EX REL. SORSAIA v. STOWERS

No. 15-0940.

783 S.E.2d 867 (2016)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Mark A. SORSAIA, Prosecuting Attorney for Putnam County, Petitioner v. Honorable Phillip M. STOWERS, Judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County, and Caleb Toparis, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristina D. Raynes, Esq. , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Winfield, WV, for State of West Virginia.

Robert B. Kuenzel, Esq. , Kuenzel & Associates, PLLC, Chapmanville, WV, for Caleb Toparis.


The State of West Virginia by petitioner, Mark A. Sorsaia, Prosecuting Attorney for Putnam County, invokes this Court's original jurisdiction and seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit the respondent, the Honorable Phillip M. Stowers, Judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County, from dismissing two misdemeanor charges against...

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