State of Indiana ex rel. Richard M. Allen v. Carroll Circuit Court

Summary

The Indiana Supreme Court granted Allen mandamus relief requiring reinstatement of his original court-appointed attorneys because the trial court disqualified them without showing that disqualification was a last resort or weighing the resulting prejudice to Allen. The Court denied relief requiring trial within seventy days because Allen had not first filed his speedy-trial request in the trial court, and denied replacement of the special judge because Allen identified no facts overcoming the presumption of judicial impartiality. No separate opinion is included in the record provided.