State Ex Rel. Spurlock v. Reeves

This is an original action brought by the relatrix against the Judge of the Circuit Court of Vanderburgh County for a writ of mandate and a writ of prohibition, requesting that an order issue commanding the respondent to discharge the relatrix from custody, detention, hearing, and inquisition, and that an alternative writ of prohibition issue prohibiting the respondent from further proceeding in the cause pending in the Vanderburgh Circuit Court.

The petition alleges that the relatrix is charged with the crime of first degree murder by affidavit filed in the Vanderburgh Circuit Court; that,…