Tomasic v. State

Petitioner John F. Tomasic seeks a writ of prohibition directed to the county court to disqualify the trial judge, the state attorney, and an assistant state attorney from proceeding in the currently pending prosecution of criminal charges against him in the county court. The petitioner has been charged with a misdemeanor offense and with violation of probation. “Prohibition is an extraordinary writ by which a superior court may prevent an inferior court or tribunal, over which it has appellate and supervisory jurisdiction, from acting outside its jurisdiction.” Mandico v. Taos Constr., Inc.,…