WRIT CONFERENCE
Original Jurisdiction Cases

Thursday, May 20, 1999

PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF MANDAMUS

1 .    SER Samuel D. Farmer v. Hon. Kendrick King, No. 990537 (filed 3/1/99).

Refuse 5-0

2.    SER Thomas Thompson v. Hon. Robert C. Halbritter, No. 990572 (filed 3/8/99).

Refuse 5-0

3.    SER Johnnie L. Trent v. Boone County Circuit Clerk, No. 990600 (filed 3/10/99). 

Refuse 5-0


4.    SER Randall Prieto, Jr. v. Hon. Herman G. Canady, Jr., No. 990656 (filed 3/17/99).

Refuse as Moot 5-0

5.    SER Charles T. Cottle v. Hon. John L. Cummings, No. 990698 (filed 3/23/99).

Grant 5-0
returnable to circuit court


6.    SER Shane E. Freeland v. Preston County Circuit Court, No. 990699 (filed 3/23/99).

Refuse as moot 5-0

7.    SER Walter Clark v. Howard Painter, Warden
, No. 990878 (3/29/99).

Refuse 5-0

8.    SER James Bailey v. William Duncil, Acting Comm'r, No. 990915 (filed 3/31/99).

Grant 5-0
unless earlier mooted
 


PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS

9.     SER James E. Bailey v. Howard Painter, Warden, No. 983283 (filed 12/17/98).

Refuse 5-0

10 .     State of West Virginia v. Danny Sponaugle, No. 982402 (filed 9/1/98).

Refuse 5-0

11.    SER Thomas Alan Sayres v. William Haines, Warden, No. 990548 (filed 3/3/99).

Grant 5-0
Returnable to the Circuit Court to be treated as a mandamus on the issue of transcripts only.
Denied as to a release.

12.    SER Dennis B. Burch v. Howard Painter, Warden, No. 990556 (filed 3/3/99).

Grant 5-0
Returnable to the Circuit Court for immediate appointment of counsel and a hearing.
    
13.     SER James W. Berry, Sr. v. Howard Painter, Warden, No. 990634 (filed 3/15/99).

Grant 5-0
Returnable to the Circuit Court for omnibus habeas corpus hearing.

14.    SER Dwayne R. Brown v. William Haines, Warden, No. 990638 (filed 3/16/99).

Refuse 5-0

15.    SER Lawrence W. Nelson v. James Spencer, Adm'r, No. 990903 (filed 3/30/99).

Grant 5-0
Returnable to the Circuit Court for omnibus habeas corpus hearing.

16.    SER Robert Stalnaker v. Shannon Markle, Adm'r, No. 990965 (filed 4/12/99).

Refuse 3-2
[Workman, J., McGraw, J.]