Ex Parte Tramaine Bonner Petition for Writ of Mandamus (in Re: ex Parte State of Alabama (in Re: State of Alabama V…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama denied Bonner's petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to vacate the Court of Criminal Appeals' order enforcing an earlier writ. The court held that because the earlier writ was issued while the circuit court still had jurisdiction, the Court of Criminal Appeals had authority to enforce it even after the circuit court failed to comply. The court therefore concluded that Bonner had not shown a clear legal right to mandamus relief.