Dean v. Plegge

David Newbern, Justice.

Petitioner Howard Dean seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the Perry County Circuit Court from retrying him on a murder charge following a mistrial. Mr. Dean alleges that he filed a motion, pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 28.1(d), to dismiss for lack of speedy trial in the Circuit Court and that the motion was denied. We must deny Mr. Dean’s petition for a writ of prohibition because the record and abstract do not contain the information necessary for us to rule on the issues presented in Mr. Dean’s petition.

A party seeking a writ of prohibition must produce a record…