State ex rel. Sutton v. Mazzone

In this original proceeding in prohibition, the relator, Ryan A. Sutton, who has been charged with homicide, prays that this Court prohibit the trial judge, the judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, from compelling his attorney to produce certain information prior to trial. He also claims that the trial judge has improperly placed certain conditions upon the independent forensic examination, which he has requested, of the alleged murder weapon and the victim’s medical and autopsy reports.

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FACTS

The relator, Ryan A. Sutton, was charged with committing homicide through the use of a deadly…