State Ex Rel. City of Springfield v. Brown

The City of Springfield (“the City”) sought a writ to prohibit the Honorable Jason Brown (“Respondent”) from entering a discovery order that the City provide to William Harris (“Defendant”):

ALL NON-ATTY/CLIENT STATEMENTS IN ITS POSSESSION BY THE SUBJECT OFFICERS, ONLY REGARDING THE SUBJECT INCIDENT, AND, TO PROVIDE COPIES OF ANY CITIZEN COMPLAINTS ALLEGING VIOLENCE OR EXCESSIVE FORCE BY SAID OFFICERS FROM 2/4/99 TO 2/4/04.

We entered a preliminary order but, finding that order was granted improvidently, we now hereby quash the order.

Defendant has been charged with three counts of third-degree…