State Ex Rel. Sanders v. Crane

NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER, Presiding Judge.

Christopher J. Sanders (“Relator”) filed a petition for writ of prohibition, or in the alternative mandamus, seeking to prohibit the Honorable Gayle L. Crane (“Respondent”) from trying Relator in the underlying case without first allowing Relator’s expert access to physical evidence for fingerprint examination, or, in the alternative, directing Respondent to provide Relator’s expert access to physical evidence in the underlying case for purposes of fingerprint examination. “ ‘Mandamus is a discretionary writ that is appropriate where a court has…