Mayfield v. Giblin

OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

Petition for writs of mandamus and prohibition.

The trial court acted entirely correctly in the exercise of its broad and, indeed, decisive discretion which by law places in trial judges the power to accept or to reject such proffered plea bargains as in this case. Hence, the trial judge’s rejection or disapproval of the said proposed plea bargain was entirely lawful. Since, in our view, the district judge acted and proceeded well within his authority and discretion, our Court would be in error if we granted the Relator’s petition for writs of prohibition or…