Hochheiser v. Superior Court

Opinion

THOMPSON, J.

—Petitioner Zef Hochheiser seeks a writ of prohibition restraining the superior court from enforcing its order directing the taking of the complaining victims’ testimony by closed-circuit television from outside the courtroom. Petitioner contends the order constitutes an impermissible invocation of judicial power to create procedural rules unauthorized by statute which seriously risk encroaching on his constitutional rights.

This case presents an issue of first impression in this state concerning the power of the trial court, in the absence of specific statutory enabling…