State ex rel. Youngblood v. Sanders

ALBRIGHT, Justice.

Petitioner Denver A. Youngblood, Jr., seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the Circuit Court of Morgan County from enforcing its order entered on August 16, 2002, disqualifying Robert C. Stone from serving as his counsel. As grounds for the disqualification, the trial court cited Mr. Stone’s access to allegedly confidential information that was transmitted by the wife of Mr. Young-blood’s co-defendant, Michael Fleece, in a consultation between Mrs. Fleece and a paralegal employed by Mr. Stone. Upon our review of this matter, we determine that the entirety of the factual…