State Ex Rel. Grimm v. Noble Circuit Court

Relator petitions for a writ of prohibition to prevent respondent Hartzog, as special judge, from assuming jurisdiction and to mandate the presiding judge to submit a new panel for the selection of a special judge in a criminal case.

Relator was charged with a misdemeanor in the Noble Circuit Court and filed his application for a change of judge. In accordance with Rule 1-12 of this Court, a panel containing the names of three eligible appointees as special judge was submitted by the presiding judge (one of the respondents herein). Each side struck a name therefrom and the one remaining was…