Wright v. Wells

KENNEDY, Justice.

Robert David Wright filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, seeking an order compelling Colonel Thomas Wells, as director of the Department of Public Safety (the “Department”), to expunge a notation on his driving record. The trial court denied the petition, and the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment. Wright v. Wells, 586 So.2d 900 (Ala.Civ.App.1990).

Wright was a passenger in a vehicle that struck a mailbox. The driver of the vehicle left to telephone for assistance in moving the vehicle, and Wright remained with the vehicle. Law enforcement officers…