STATE EX REL. YURISH v. FAIRCLOTH

No. 19-1160.

847 S.E.2d 810 (2020)

STATE of West Virginia EX REL. June YURISH, Kristin Douty, and Christina Lester, Petitioners v. The Honorable Laura V. FAIRCLOTH, Judge of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, and The State of West Virginia, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: May 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian J. Riddell, Esq. , Stedman & Riddell, PLLC, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Counsel for Petitioners.

Patrick Morrisey, Esq. , Attorney General, Gordon L. Mowen, II, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Respondents.


Petitioners June Yurish, Kristin Douty, and Christina Lester are charged with the same crime arising from the same circumstances in three criminal cases pending in the Circuit Court of Berkeley County. Christian Riddell is counsel for all three, jointly. But the State moved to disqualify Mr. Riddell from representing Petitioners...

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