STATE v. FAUX

No. 9117.

9 Utah 2d 350 (1959)

345 P.2d 186

STATE OF UTAH, PLAINTIFF, v. HON. MERRILL C. FAUX, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF SALT LAKE COUNTY, AND ALL THE JUDGES THEREOF, DEFENDANTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 10, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay E. Banks, Dist. Atty., Arthur A. Allen, Jr., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Calvin L. Rampton, Salt Lake City, for defendants.


CROCKETT, Chief Justice.

The District Court issued an order that counsel for Theodore I. Guerts, City Commissioner of Salt Lake City, facing trial on an indictment by a Grand Jury for "Misconduct In Office," be permitted to examine the transcript of the testimony of witnesses listed on the indictment. The District Attorney sought and obtained from this Court an alternative writ prohibiting such inspection. Our question is whether the writ should be made permanent...

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