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State ex rel. Graddick v. RussellState ex rel. Graddick v. Russell

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Jun 28, 1979
2 Div. 249
Reporters:
,
Before:
Tyson

It is ordered that the petition for writ of ‍​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‍mandamus be and the same is hereby granted on the basis of a petition filed in this Court ‍​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‍asking that the writ of mandamus be directed to the Honorable Edgar P. Russell, as Presiding Judge of ‍​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‍the 4th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, commanding and requiring him to rescind and hold for naught his order ‍​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‍of June 1, 1979, requiring a preliminary hearing to be held in the above cause. (See Duncan v. State, 369 ‍​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‍So.2d 885).

TYSON, DeCARLO and BOOKOUT, JJ., concur. BOWEN, J., dissents.

Case Details

Case Name: State ex rel. Graddick v. Russell
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Date Published: Jun 28, 1979
Citations: 373 So. 2d 656; 1979 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 1348; 2 Div. 249
Docket Number: 2 Div. 249
Court Abbreviation: Ala. Crim. App.
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