State ex rel. Smith v. Triggs
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Relator's petition seeking a writ of prohibition to vacate his conviction and sentence for certain felony offenses, holding that Relator failed to show that he was entitled to the writ.
In his petition, Relator sought a writ of prohibition to, among other things, prohibit and vacate the transfer of his criminal case from one judge to another. The court of appeals granted the judges' motion to dismiss the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Relator failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that he was entitled to a writ of prohibition, as he had an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law, and the trial court did not patently and unambiguously lack subject-matter jurisdiction.
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