STATE EX REL. STATE v. SIMS

Nos. 17-0214, 17-0275.

806 S.E.2d 420 (2017)

STATE of West Virginia EX REL. STATE of West Virginia, Petitioner v. Honorable David J. SIMS, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West Virginia and Robert W. McFarland, Respondents and State of West Virginia ex rel. State of West Virginia, Petitioner v. Honorable David J. Sims, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West Virginia and James Wilkerson, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: October 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Morrisey , Attorney General, Robert L. Hogan , Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for Petitioner

Matthew Brummond , Public Defender Services, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Respondent, Robert W. McFarland

John M. Jurco , St. Clairsville. Ohio, Attorney for Respondent, James Wilkerson


This matter involves two consolidated petitions for writs of prohibition. In petition No. 17-0275, the State seeks to prohibit enforcement of an order of the Circuit Court of Ohio County that reduced the criminal sentence of James Wilkerson. In petition No. 17-0214, the State seeks to...

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