STATE EX REL. LIGHTTISER v. SPAHR

No. 84-1584.

18 Ohio St. 3d 234 (1985)

THE STATE, EX REL. LIGHTTISER, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, APPELLANT, v. SPAHR, JUDGE; DIEHL, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Lighttiser, prosecuting attorney, and William F. McKee, for appellant.

Randall M. Dana, public defender, S. Adele Shank, Scott C. Kenney and J. Michael King, for intervenor-appellee.

John W. Allen, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.


Per Curiam.

The issue presented herein is whether prohibition will lie to prevent the trial court from enforcing its discovery order against the prosecutor in the criminal proceeding below. We recently addressed this very issue in State, ex rel. Corrigan, v. Griffin (1984), 14 Ohio St.3d 26, in which it was stated at 27:

"* * * The trial court has authority to enter pretrial orders regarding...

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