State v. Faux

CROCKETT, Chief Justice.

The District Court issued an order that counsel for Theodore I. Guerts, City Commissioner of Salt Lake City, facing trial on an indictment by a Grand Jury for “Misconduct In Office,” be permitted to examine the transcript of the testimony of witnesses listed on the indictment. The District Attorney sought and obtained from this Court an alternative writ prohibiting such inspection. Our question is whether the writ should be made permanent.

The District Attorney contends that the transcript is available to him only and argues that furnishing it to defense counsel would…