Huddleston v. Jennings

OPINION AND ORDER

WILHOIT, Judge.

The petitioner, William R. Huddleston, seeks to prohibit the Respondent Judge of the Clark Circuit Court from conducting further proceedings against the petitioner on Indictment Number 85-CR-035 charging him with second-degree possession of a forged instrument, theft by deception and with being a first-degree persistent felony offender. The petitioner contends that the Clark Circuit Court has lost jurisdiction to try him on these offenses because more than 180 days had elapsed from the date he requested a final disposition of the charges against him pursuant to…