State ex rel. Missouri Public Defender Commission v. Waters

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

The Missouri Public Defender Commission petitions this Court for a writ of prohibition ordering the trial court to withdraw its appointment of the public defender’s office to represent Jared Blacksher, alleging that the appointment violated 18 CSR 10-4.010 (“the rule”). That administrative rule, promulgated by the commission pursuant to its rulemaking authority under section 600.017(10),1 adopts a “caseload protocol” that permits a district defender office to decline additional appointments when it has been certified as being on limited availability after exceeding…