Strehl v. District Court of Salt Lake County

MAUGHAN, Justice:

Two petitions for an Extraordinary Writ of Prohibition are consolidated in this case. The petitioners were initially charged, by *598complaint, with the crime of rape. At their preliminary hearing the petitioners testified as to the consensual nature of their relations with the alleged victim. The committing magistrate dismissed the action on the ground of insufficiency of evidence..

The County Attorney then presented the matter to the Grand Jury, which, after hearing the testimony of the victim and an investigating police officer, indicted petitioners for rape.

Petitioners filed a…