Supreme Court of Missouri / Jan 15, 2019
State ex rel. Mario Richardson, Relator, vs. The Honorable Brian H. May, Respondent.
Mario Richardson sought a writ of prohibition to prevent Judge Brian May from presiding over his criminal case, arguing his application for a change of judge was timely filed after a superseding indictment added new charges. The Supreme Court of Missouri quashed the preliminary writ of prohibition. The Court held that Richardson's application was untimely because the "initial plea" refers to the first plea in the criminal case, not subsequent pleas to new charges, and the "designation of the trial judge" occurred when the judge was first assigned, not when new charges were filed.