State v. Dozier

BROWN, Justice.

Artie Glenn Dozier, a state inmate incarcerated in the St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, petitioned the Court of Criminal Appeals for a writ of mandamus directing the Calhoun Circuit Court to allow him to proceed in forma pauperis on a petition he filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P. The Court of Criminal Appeals denied his mandamus petition. Dozier then filed a similar mandamus petition in this Court. Because we conclude that the circuit court abused its discretion in denying Dozier’s request, we grant the petition and issue the writ.

On August 17, 1993,…