Ex Parte Lankford

The petitioner, Michael Edwin Lank-ford, filed this petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that we direct District Court Judge Charles McKnight to set aside his order quashing the subpoenas issued to the alleged victim and her mother for Lankford’s preliminary hearing. 1 In August 2008, Lankford was charged with sexual abuse in the first degree. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for October 28, 2008. In anticipation of the hearing, the State subpoenaed a lieutenant with the Satsuma Police Department. Lankford also requested that subpoenas be issued to the 18-year-old alleged victim and…