Young v. Ninth Judicial District Court

OPINION

In this original writ proceeding, petitioner seeks relief from an order issued by the district court imposing sanctions in the amount of $250 on petitioner, a chief deputy public defender. Petitioner filed a pretrial motion to strike the State’s request for the death penalty in a murder trial. Alleging that the death penalty was being sought by the district attorney for political reasons or as a result of a decision improperly accorded to the victim’s husband, petitioner requests that the order imposing sanctions be vacated or declared unenforceable. The district court imposed…