Dearborne v. State

OPINION

HENRY, Chief Justice.

In this criminal action, wherein we have granted certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals, we attempt to clarify the practice and procedure governing the availability of the common law writ of certiorari (1) to review the interlocutory action of the Court of Criminal Appeals in declining to entertain the common law writ to a trial court and (2) its availability in any appellate court to review the action of a trial court in an interlocutory holding.

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History of the Lawsuit

Petitioner made a pre-indictment application to the District Attorney General for pre-trial…