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Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 1984

State v. Waters

State v. Waters
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided June 26, 1984 · Bowen
453 So. 2d 1067; 1984 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 5599 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Waters

Opinion of the Court

PETITION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

The petition for writ of mandamus seeking to require a Montgomery Circuit Court judge to vacate and hold for naught his order granting a new trial is hereby denied on authority of Ex parte Hooper, 453 So.2d 1066 (Ala. 1984), holding that mandamus *1068will not lie to compel the trial court’s exercise of discretion in a particular manner.

PETITION DENIED.

All Judges concur.

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