STATE EX REL. FEENEY v. DIST. CT OF 7TH JUD. DIST

Nos. 5232, 5241 and 5245.

607 P.2d 1259 (1980)

STATE of Wyoming ex rel. Peter J. FEENEY, Commissioner of the County Court of Natrona County, Wyoming, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT COURT OF the SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT and Judge Dan Spangler, Judge of The District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Natrona County, Wyoming; The Attorney General for the State of Wyoming; the County and Prosecuting Attorney for Natrona County, Wyoming; Harriscope Broadcasting Corporation, d/b/a KTWO Radio and Television; Stephen E. Little; and Mike Howell, Respondents. The STATE of Wyoming, upon the relation of Mike HOWELL, Petitioner, v. The SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF NATRONA COUNTY, Wyoming, Dan Spangler, Judge thereof, Respondent. Peter J. FEENEY, Commissioner of the County Court of Natrona County, Wyoming, Appellant (Respondent below), v. STATE of Wyoming ex rel. HARRISCOPE BROADCASTING CORPORATION, d/b/a KTWO Radio and Television, Appellee (Petitioner below). The Attorney General for the State of Wyoming; the County and Prosecuting Attorney for Natrona County, Wyoming; Stephen E. Little; and Mike Howell, Appellees (other Respondents below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry G. Williams, Richard L. Williams, and Houston G. Williams, of Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, P.C., Casper, for Peter J. Feeney.

Dan Spangler, Judge of the District Court, represented himself.

John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Richard Scott Rideout, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for the Attorney General, for the State of Wyoming.

Burton W. Guetz, County Atty., and Michael J. Burke, Deputy County Atty., Casper, for the County and Prosecuting Attorney of Natrona County.

Claude W. Martin, of Brown, Drew, Apostolos, Massey & Sullivan, Casper, for Harriscope Broadcasting Corp.

Michael H. Schilling, Appellate Counsel, Wyoming Public Defender, Cheyenne, and Harry G. Bondi, Deputy Public Defender, Casper, for Stephen E. Little.

King Tristani, Asst. Public Defender, Cheyenne, for Mike Howell.

Before RAPER, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, THOMAS, ROSE and ROONEY, JJ.


ROSE, Justice.

We are concerned with two petitions for writs of prohibition. In one, Defendant Howell asks this court to enter its order prohibiting enforcement of a district court order1 which directs his preliminary hearing, and that of Stephen E. Little, to be open to the public. The Petition for a Writ of Mandamus was granted by District Judge Spangler on the petition of Harriscope Broadcasting...

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