State ex rel. Shepherd v. Steeb

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

Before CLARK, P.J., and TURNAGE and NUGENT, JJ. CLARK, Presiding Judge.

This is a proceeding in prohibition brought by Hershel D. Shepherd, an attorney and assistant prosecuting attorney for Buchanan County. In his petition, Shepherd asserts that without any prior notice to him of charges, the respondent judge convened and conducted a hearing July 2, 1987, and adjudged Shepherd in contempt of court. He seeks to prohibit the judge from proceeding further in the case and particularly to prohibit assessment of a penalty indicated to follow upon the judgment. We…