State Ex Rel. Keller v. Criminal Ct. of Marion Cty.

ORIGINAL ACTION

Arterburn, C.J.

We have consolidated for consideration these two petitions for Writs of Prohibition since they arise out of a single criminal trial. In an action titled “State of Indiana v. Otis E. Keller a/k/a Otis Kelly,” the Honorable John B. Wilson, Judge of the Marion Criminal Court, Division Four, issued a wide-ranging discovery order. This order required substantially full pre-trial discovery by both the prosecution and the defendant. The order, if not complied with, was to be enforced by the Court’s inherent powers. The prosecutor and the defendant filed separate…