Johnson v. Johnson

ROBERT L. Brown, Justice.

This is an original action involving an Emergency Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, or, Alternatively, a Writ of Certiorari or Stay of Contempt Order. The petitioners are John Johnson and Jay Shue, who are deputy prosecuting attorneys for the Sixth Judicial District. The respondents are Randy Johnson, who is Pulaski County Sheriff, and Judge Marion Humphrey, who is circuit judge for the Pulaski County Circuit Court. The petition arises out of the judge’s incarceration of the deputy prosecutors for criminal contempt, after they refused to proceed with the jury…