People Ex Rel. Hanrahan v. Felt

By this original petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition, the State’s Attorney of Cook County seeks to compel the respondent, James H. Felt, a judge of the circuit court of Cook County, to vacate a pretrial discovery order which he entered in a juvenile delinquency proceeding pending before him.

The facts are undisputed. On April 18, 1969, two delinquency petitions were filed in the circuit court of Cook County in the interest of Donald Vance, a minor, age 14, which charged him with the' offenses of armed robbery and rape. On May 8, 1969, Vance’s attorney served notice of his intention…