State Ex Rel. O'Leary v. Lowe

This is an original mandamus proceeding. Relator O’Leary is the District Attorney of Clackamas County responsible for prosecuting four cases of manslaughter in the first degree in which it is alleged that the four criminal defendants, acting together, beat a child to death. Defendant judge 2 is the Clackamas County Circuit Court judge before whom the criminal trials are pending. The dispute in this case centers on defendant judge’s order directing relator to make available for interview by counsel for the criminal defendants a total of 53 children, all of whom are presently in the custody of…