State Ex Rel. Shorter v. Allen Superior Court

This original action was commenced by Relator, Delbert L. Shorter, seeking the issuance of a Writ of Prohibition in aid of this Court’s appellate jurisdiction to forbid Respondent Allen Superior Court and The Honorable Phillip R. Thieme, Judge of the Misdemeanor Division of that Court, from assigning Shorter’s appeal to a county public defender and from preventing Shorter’s trial attorney from representing him in his appeal with compensation for his services.

The record in this case reveals the following facts:

The Relator, Delbert L. Shorter, was convicted of Contributing to the Delinquency of…