A petition for a writ of prohibition and a writ of mandamus to the U.S. Supreme Court, calling for action against the state’s Supreme Court, is an example of litigation gamesmanship “gone awry,” according to the prosecutor now handling the Robert Breton case.

And it was the “fanciful” maneuvers by the defense that the U.S. Supreme Court saw right through, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney John Massameno said, after the high court denied Breton’s petition last week.