The applicant, charged with driving with a hand-held communication device, sought a stay of proceedings and an order for certiorari to compel the disclosure of the charging officer's disciplinary records.
A Justice of the Peace had previously denied the disclosure request.
The Superior Court dismissed the application, finding that certiorari is rarely available for pre-trial rulings and the refusal did not constitute a jurisdictional error.
Furthermore, the court held that the disciplinary records were not obviously relevant to the charge and should be sought through an O'Connor application rather than as first-party disclosure.
