State ex rel. Fusselman v. Belt

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.

In a criminal prosecution in State of Missouri v. George S. Thompson, Case No. CR194-13FX, in Macon County, the defense sought discovery of state documents sealed from discovery pursuant to Chapter 610, RSMo. The state asked the Honorable Ronald M. Belt, circuit judge of the 41st Judicial Circuit, for a protective order relieving it of any obligation to produce the records. Judge Belt denied the request.

The state sought our writ of prohibition ordering Judge Belt to grant the state’s request. Prohibition is appropriate for review of a…