State ex rel. Mohart v. Romano

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

BRECKENRIDGE, Presiding Judge.

Relator Robert Mohart filed a petition in prohibition to prevent respondent, the Honorable Anthony J. Romano, Associate Circuit Judge of Jackson County, from executing an order of criminal contempt which was issued against him. Mr. Mohart contends that *538Judge Romano erred by finding him to be in criminal contempt for violating orders which were beyond the jurisdiction of the court which issued them, since Mr. Mohart could not be held in contempt for violating void orders. Mr. Mohart also contends that the underlying orders were…