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Ex parte Busby

Supreme Court of Alabama
Jun 25, 1964
6 Div. 70
Versions:166 So. 2d 408
276 Ala. 680
1964 Ala. LEXIS 434
LAWSON, Justice.

This is an original petition for mandamus filed in this court by David Busby, an inmate of a penal institution of this state.

The petition alleges that Busby was convicted in the Circuit Court of Walker County of the offense of rape in August of 1956; that Busby filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the Circuit Court of Walker County on March 19, 1963, which was denied in June, 1963, following a hearing; that in December of 1963 Busby filed in the Circuit Court of Walker County a second petition for writ of error coram nobis which related to “matters and transactions” different from those contained in the petition filed on March 19, 1963; that the second petition, filed in December, 1963, was denied in January of 1964 without a hearing.

The petition for mandamus prays that the “Circuit Court of Walker County” be ordered by this court to conduct a hearing on the petition for writ of error coram no-bis filed by Busby in the Circuit Court of Walker County in December of 1963.

Extraordinary remedy of mandamus is only to be granted where right is shown for enforcement of which there is no other adequate remedy. Smith v. McQueen, 232 Ala. 90, 166 So. 788.

As far as we can determine, the judgment of the Circuit Court of Walker County rendered in January of 1964 would have supported an appeal. Hence, the petition for mandamus must be denied.

Petition denied.

LIVINGSTON, C. J., and GOODWYN and COLEMAN, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Ex parte Busby
Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama
Date Published: Jun 25, 1964
Citations: 166 So. 2d 408; 276 Ala. 680; 1964 Ala. LEXIS 434; 6 Div. 70
Docket Number: 6 Div. 70
Court Abbreviation: Ala.
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