State Ex Rel. W.A. v. Marion County Superior Court

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Relator W.A. is a juvenile who seeks to invoke the original jurisdiction of this Court for a writ of mandamus. The writ would compel the respondent Marion Superior Court, Juvenile Division, by its Judge the Honorable James W. Payne, to release W.A. from home detention and remove all conditions from his release status.

On February 5, 1998, the Marion County Prosecutor filed a petition to declare W.A. delinquent. The petition alleged that W.A. had committed the act of disorderly conduct, a class B misdemeanor if committed by an adult, by fighting at school and causing…