State ex rel. Missouri Public Defender Commission v. Waters

ZEL M. FISCHER, Judge.

This matter arises from the Missouri Public Defender Commission (“the Commission”) petitioning this Court for a writ of prohibition ordering the 38th circuit court to withdraw its appointment of the public defender’s office of District 31 (“District 31”) to represent Jared Blacksh*613er because, in so doing, the court violated 18 CSR 10-4.010.

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion because I believe the issues presented by the writ petition in this case are moot; therefore, the preliminary writ of prohibition issued by this Court should be quashed. I also write…