Parmenter v. State

BRETT, Judge.

This is an original action brought by Ruth Ellen Parmenter against the State of Oklahoma, C. E. Allen, Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma; David Hall, county attorney, and Ted Flanagan, assistant county attorney, respondents.

The issues involved may be succinctly stated as follows:

The petitioner, Ruth Ellen Parmenter, by proceeding under Title 22 O.S.1961 §§ 433-463, attempted to take depositions of witnesses endorsed on a preliminary information filed in the Court of Common Pleas, Tulsa County, charging her with procuring an abortion.

She and her attorneys…