State ex rel. Schultz v. Harper

SWOFFORD, Chief Judge.

These consolidated cases originated in Boone County, Missouri by the filing in that court of two separate petitions for writs of mandamus against Milt Harper, the Prosecuting Attorney of that County, seeking to compel him to file charges based upon affidavits by the respective respondents charging the other respondent with violation of the laws arising from occurrences on October 26, 1977 at Columbia, Missouri. Respondent Schultz is a private citizen and respondents Wendell Mitchell and Alan Mitchell are members of the Columbia, Missouri Police Department. The record…