Wood v. Window Rock District Court

OPINION

This matter concerns a petition for extraordinary writs filed against the Window Rock District Court in a criminal action. The Court denied the petition for a writ of mandamus and granted an alternative writ of superintending control scheduling a hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Court denied Petitioner’s request to make permanent the writ of superintending control. We now issue this opinion to explain our decision.

I

The relevant procedural history is as follows. Petitioner Wood was arrested on January 13, 2009. The Navajo Nation filed five criminal complaints against Mr.…