Sanchez v. Supreme Court

DECISION

CURTIS, District Judge.*

The plaintiffs have been indicted and are now named in criminal cases presently pending in the Superior Court. Their indictments are two of several brought about through the efforts of the special prosecutor appointed under the Independent Special Prosecutor Act of 1974, Guam Public Law 12-173. Certain of these indicted defendants have challenged the authority of the special prosecutor, and the Superior Court, as mandated by section 16 of the Act, took no action on the merits of the motion, but immediately certified the issue to the Guam Supreme Court for a…