STATE EX REL. TACKETT v. POLING

No. 18-0882.

843 S.E.2d 518 (2020)

STATE of West Virginia EX REL. David E. TACKETT, Petitioner v. Honorable Darl W. POLING, Judge of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: May 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana F. Eddy , Appellate Advocacy Division, Public Defender Services, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for the Petitioner.

Patrick Morrisey , Attorney General, Karen Villanueva-Matkovich , Deputy Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for the Respondent.


This original jurisdiction action in mandamus revisits an indigent inmate's entitlement to transcripts and other material contained in a circuit court's record of a criminal proceeding for the purposes of preparing a post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus. We also contemplate whether these documents may be obtained...

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