State ex rel. Bullington v. Mason

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION.

SEILER, Judge.

This is an original action in prohibition. Relator seeks to make absolute the preliminary writ of prohibition granted by the court of appeals, which prohibits respondent from entering an order which would overrule relator’s motion to sever a capital murder count from other counts charged against him. This action was originally filed in the Court of Appeals, Western District, but was transferred here under Rule 83.06. The Court has jurisdiction over this case under its authority to determine original remedial writs. Mo.Const. art. V, §4.

Relator…