State Ex Rel. Spaulding v. Watt

MILLER, Justice:

This is an original proceeding in prohibition. On July 21, 1992, we issued a rule, returnable on September 2,1992. This proceeding represents the second time in recent months that these parties have appeared before this Court. The relator asks us to order the respondent, the Honorable Clarence L. Watt, Judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County, to revoke the post-conviction bail of Mark J. McClelland.

In March of 1990, Mr. McClelland was convicted of nine counts of sexual assault in the first degree involving his five-year-old stepdaughter and his seven-year-old stepson. Mr.…