State v. Wright

I. INTRODUCTION

In a truly extraordinary challenge to the Court’s inherent power to enforce its orders, manage its affairs and achieve the orderly disposition of its business, the State has taken the position that the Court is without authority to order the production of discovery, including the report from the Office of the Medical Examiner (“ME Reports”), by a date certain in advance of trial. The State argues that no such authority can be found in the Court’s rules of criminal procedure and, therefore, the authority does not exist. The Defendant has moved the court to enforce its previous…