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Ex Parte Grantland

Supreme Court of Alabama
Jan 23, 1998
709 So. 2d 1317 (Ala. 1998)

Opinion

1961627.

January 23, 1998.

(Morgan Circuit Court, CC-90-1165 and 90-1166; Court of Criminal Appeals, CR-94-2237); Steven E. Haddock, Judge.

J. Timothy Kyle of Russell, Straub Kyle, Decatur, for petitioners.

Bill Pryor, atty. gen.; Rosa H. Davis and Joseph G.L. Marston III, asst. attys. gen.; and Bob Burrell, district atty., for respondent.


We quash the writ as having been improvidently granted. In doing so, we do not wish to be understood as suggesting that the State should be permitted to use the writ of mandamus as a substitute for an appeal in a case where an appeal is not permitted. Ex parte Cannon, 369 So.2d 32, 33 (Ala. 1978).

WRIT QUASHED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

HOOPER, C.J., and MADDOX, SHORES, KENNEDY, and BUTTS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Grantland

Supreme Court of Alabama
Jan 23, 1998
709 So. 2d 1317 (Ala. 1998)
Case details for

Ex Parte Grantland

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Kenneth GRANTLAND and Jenny Johnson (formerly Jenny Grantland)…

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Jan 23, 1998

Citations

709 So. 2d 1317 (Ala. 1998)

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