State ex rel. Davis v. Shinn

SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.

Immediately before the murder trial of Chad R. Davis began on September 14,1993, the Honorable David W. Shinn, Judge, prohibited the state from seeking the death penalty. Earlier, he refused to grant Davis’ motion to quash the state’s notice of intent to seek the death penalty on the ground that the state’s notice was filed late. Both matters became the issues of petitions for writs filed with this court. We issued a preliminary writ ordering Judge Shinn to stay further proceedings until we resolved these matters. In this opinion, we order him to vacate the order…