Ex Parte Johnson

Bonnide Johnson petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the St. Clair Circuit Court to advise him of the disposition of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition, which he filed on February 11, 1999. We grant Johnson's petition; we vacate the trial court's order dated May 15, 2000, denying Johnson's Rule 32 petition; and we direct the trial court to enter a new order and to promptly notify Johnson of that order.

Bonnide Johnson was convicted in the St. Clair Circuit Court on a charge of attempted murder. The court sentenced him to a term of life imprisonment, under the Habitual Felony Offender…