Cannon v. Keller

DURHAM, Justice:

Upon motion of the defendant-petitioner, Judge Larry R. Keller of the Fifth Circuit Court ordered the State to disclose the identity of a witness and the details of a criminal transaction the circuit court found to be material to a pending criminal prosecution. The State petitioned the district court for an extraordinary writ to void the discovery order, which was granted. The petitioner appeals from the district court’s ruling 1 granting the writ. We reverse.

In the criminal prosecution pending in the circuit court, the county attorney filed an information charging the…