Newman v. Lance

This matter is before the Court on PETITION FOR ALTERNATIVE WRIT OF PROHIBITION, pursuant to I.C. §§ 7-401 through 7-404, filed by the duly elected Prosecutor of Minidoka County seeking an alternative writ of prohibition from this Court against the action of the Attorney General “assuming prosecutorial responsibility” to the exclusion of the duly elected Prosecutor of Minidoka County in what are designated as the Hood, Butcher and Diaz cases.

The issue, as framed by the Attorney General in response to the Order to Show Cause issued by this Court pursuant to the Petition for Alternative Writ of…