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STATE EX REL. ASKIN v. DOSTERT

No. 15538.

295 S.E.2d 271 (1982)

STATE ex rel. Steven ASKIN v. Hon. Pierre DOSTERT, Judge, & Donald Giardina, Sheriff.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 17, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Patrick Jacobs, Charleston, D. Michael Burke, Martinsburg, for relator.

Richard S. Glaser, Jr., and Marianne K. Hoover, Asst. Attys. Gen., Charleston, for respondents.

McGRAW, Justice:

In this habeas corpus proceeding the petitioner, Steven M. Askin, challenges the constitutionality of W.Va.Code § 30-2-8 (1980 Replacement Vol.), which recognizes the right of a court to require from an attorney security for his good behavior.1

The petitioner is an attorney at law licensed to practice in the State of West Virginia. On the morning of March 26, 1982, he was representing a client in connection...

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