State Ex Rel. Baxley v. Strawbridge

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Original action by the Attorney General asking this court, in its supervisory capacity, to hold for naught certain orders of the Circuit Court of Lamar County, Hon. Cecil H. Strawbridge presiding. The orders in question quashed some fifteen indictments. Our supervisory power derives from § 6.-03(d) of the Judicial Article, Amendment No. 328, to the Constitution of 1901. We consider that this action falls within that provision.

The trial judge (respondent herein) granted motions to quash the indictments because a tape recorder was being used by the District Attorney in…