State v. Hovis

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION AND LIFTING STAY OF PROCEEDINGS

On October 24, 1996, the State filed an Application to Assume Original Jurisdiction and Petition for Emergency Stay and/or Writ of Prohibition. The State seeks extraordinary relief in the District Court of Kiowa County, Case No. CF-86-41, to prohibit the Honorable Richard Hovis, Associate District Judge, from entertaining the Defendant’s plea of guilty over the objection of the State.

On August 7, 1996, the Defendant, Tiffany Neugent, was charged with Obtaining Money by False Pretense. The case came on for…