Ex Parte State of Alabama. (In Re State of Alabama v. George Martin).

Summary

The Alabama Supreme Court denied the State’s petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to vacate a trial court’s order granting post‑conviction discovery of the police investigation file. The Court held that mandamus is unavailable where an ordinary appeal provides an adequate remedy and the trial court has not clearly exceeded its discretion, applying the Ocwen two‑prong standard and overruling prior cases inconsistent with that approach.