State ex rel. Marshall v. Blaeuer

DONNELLY, Judge.

This is an original action for writ of prohibition prosecuted by Thomas Marshall, Regional Public Defender for the 14th Judicial Circuit, against The Honorable Channing D. Blaeuer, Circuit Judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Mo. Const, art. V, § 4.

Relator contends that respondent exceeded his jurisdiction by appointing him to represent inmates at the Missouri Training Center for Men in their habeas corpus actions challenging the conditions of their confinement. The essence of relator’s argument is that § 600.042, RSMo Cum.Supp. 1984, gives…