Commonwealth v. Stevens

OPINION AND. ORDER

MAZE, JUDGE:

This case is before us on a petition for a writ of prohibition pursuant to CR1 76.36 asking the Court to prohibit the respondent judge from dismissing a jury panel which the respondent judge believed was in violation of the fair cross-section requirement for a properly constituted jury. With its petition, the Commonwealth also filed a' motion for intermediate relief asking us to stay the proceedings below pending our decision on the writ. Intermediate relief was granted on February 11, 2015.

The underlying facts are as follows: on February 9, 2016, a jury panel of…