State v. Martin

WOODALL, Justice.

On May 6, 2010, Mobile Circuit Judge Robert Smith entered an order granting George Martin1 discovery of the entire investigation file of the Mobile Police Department. The State petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate that discovery order. See Rule 21(e)(1), Ala. R.App. P. The petition is denied.

The parties have been battling over discovery for several years. Martin filed a Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition in 2006 and promptly sought discovery of the prosecution’s files, which, according to the State, are “one and the same” as the…