Ex Parte Moody

The petitioner, Walter Leroy Moody, Jr., filed this petition for a writ of prohibition against the Honorable William Rhea, III, circuit judge. Moody seeks an order prohibiting Judge Rhea from denying him continued assistance from a paralegal appointed by Judge Rhea at the state's expense in October 1994 to assist him in preparing his defense. Although the paralegal has agreed to assist the petitioner without compensation, Judge Rhea has refused to continue the appointment. The petitioner is charged with the murder of Judge Robert S. Vance, a murder made capital because the murder was of "a…