West Virginia Supreme Court July 6, 2004, 31676 (State Ex Rel. Richey v. Hill)

DAVIS, J.

Clyde H. Richey (hereinafter “Mr. Rich-ey”) seeks an original jurisdiction writ of mandamus directing Colonel Howard E. Hill, Jr., Superintendent of the West Virginia State Police, and Mike Clifford, Prosecuting Attorney for Kanawha County, West Virginia (hereinafter “Colonel Hill” or “Mr. Clifford”), to either conduct DNA tests on certain evidence used in Mr.