HAKKI v. FAUX

No. 10184.

16 Utah 2d 132 (1964)

396 P.2d 867

CYNTHIA HAKKI, PLAINTIFF, v. HONORABLE MERRILL C. FAUX, JUDGE OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, DEFENDANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 1, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sumner J. Hatch, Robert McRae, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

A. Pratt Kesler, Atty. Gen., Ronald N. Boyce, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Warren M. Weggeland, Asst. County Atty., Salt Lake City, for defendant.


McDONOUGH, Justice.

Plaintiff, charged by complaint with a misdemeanor, resisted trial before a judge of the Third Judicial District, filing a motion for change of place of trial on the basis of a belief of bias or prejudice. The motion was denied and the matter set for trial. She now seeks an extraordinary writ prohibiting that judge, Honorable Merrill C. Faux, from proceeding with the trial.

The case was begun by the prosecution in the District Court by...

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