State v. Antonucci

DAUKSCH, Judge.

In its petition for writ of common law certiorari the State asks this court to quash two orders of the trial court which respectively (1) continue a criminal case against the respondent for one year, and (2) continue the same case until the conclusion of a related civil case, with all discovery proceedings in the criminal case being stayed for six (6) months. We find that the second order, apparently entered sua sponte, without a hearing, superseded the first order, which had been entered about ten days earlier, but in any case we hold that either order represents a departure…