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STATE EX REL. GRAVES v. DAUGHERTY

Nos. 14517, 14518.

266 S.E.2d 142 (1980)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Charles Joseph GRAVES v. Honorable D. B. DAUGHERTY, Judge of the Circuit Court of Cabell County, West Virginia. STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Randy GUE v. Honorable Russell C. DUNBAR, Judge of the Circuit Court of Cabell County, West Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

May 13, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Purbaugh, W. Va. Legal Services Plan, Heidi Weintraub, W. Va. Legal Services Plan, Charleston, for relators.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Gregory W. Bailey, Lawrence R. Frail, Asst. Attys. Gen., Charleston, for respondents.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

In these consolidated cases, we decide whether an indigent defendant in a paternity action is entitled to appointed counsel, and whether he can be denied a blood grouping of himself, the child's mother and the child because he is unable to pay for the tests.

I.

NO. 14517

On April 16, 1974, Donna Gosnay obtained a warrant charging Charles Joseph Graves with fathering her...

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