(Download) "State West Virginia v. Robert W. Critzer" by Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State West Virginia v. Robert W. Critzer
- Author : Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 17, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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"The prosecuting attorney occupies a quasi-judicial position in the trial of a criminal case. In keeping with this position, he is required to avoid the role of a partisan, eager to convict, and must deal fairly with the accused as well as the other participants in the trial. It is the prosecutors duty to set a tone of fairness and impartiality, and while he may and should vigorously pursue the States case, in so doing he must not abandon the quasi-judicial role with which he is cloaked under the law." Syl. pt. 3, State v. Boyd, 160 W.Va. 234, 233 S.E.2d 710 (1977).