State ex rel. Williams v. Cowart

This court issued a rule nisi upon relator’s suggestion for writ of prohibition.

On June 14, 1972 the relator, Robert Williams, was informed against and arrested. The information (No. 72-4703) charged Williams with one count of bribery and one count of conspiracy to commit a bribe along with a co-defendant, Edward J. Connell, who was charged in the same information with one count of accepting a bribe and one count of conspiracy to accept a bribe. Williams and Connell were tried jointly on November 28, 1972. On December 6, 1972 a mistrial was declared on the conspiracy counts and Williams1 was…