# Hughes v. Gwinn

> West Virginia Supreme Court · March 17, 1981 · 170 W. Va. 87

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9598140

## Case

- **Full name:** Christine E. HUGHES v. Philip GWINN, Warden, W. Va. Penitentiary for Women at Pence Springs
- **Court:** West Virginia Supreme Court
- **Decided:** March 17, 1981
- **Citations:** 170 W. Va. 87; 290 S.E.2d 5; 1981 W. Va. LEXIS 833
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McGRAW
- **Judges:** Neely, Miller, Harshbarger, McGraw
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the exception to the exclusionary' rule ‘ applies only when illegal acts are directed at probationer because of his status

## Opinion text

McGRAW, Justice,
dissenting:
I dissent for the reasons stated in Justice Miller’s concurring opinion.

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