Ex parte John Grant

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
• Decided: December 16, 2022
• Docket: CR-20-0804
• Status: Published

Opinion

Rel: December 16, 2022

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Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals OCTOBER TERM, 2022-2023 _________________________

CR-20-0804 _________________________

Ex parte John Grant

PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

(In re: State of Alabama

v.

John Grant)

Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court (CC-20-116)

On Remand from the Alabama Supreme Court

PER CURIAM.

On October 1, 2021, this Court, bound by Ex parte Key, 890 So. 2d

1056 (Ala. 2003), issued an order granting the petition for a writ of CR-200804

mandamus filed by John Grant, directing the Montgomery Circuit Court

to dismiss Grant's indictment for capital murder. See Ex parte Grant

(No. CR-20-0804, Oct. 1, 2021), ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. Crim. App. 2021)

(table). The State then petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ

of certiorari to review this Court's order. The Alabama Supreme Court

issued the writ, and, on September 9, 2022, it issued an opinion in which

it overruled Ex parte Key, reversed this Court's judgment, and directed

this court to quash the previously issued writ of mandamus. Ex parte

Grant, [Ms. 1210198, Sept. 9, 2022] ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. 2022). This

Court, in compliance with the Alabama Supreme Court's opinion, hereby

quashes the writ of mandamus issued by this Court on October 1, 2021.

WRIT QUASHED.

Windom, P.J., and Kellum, McCool, Cole, and Minor, JJ., concur.