Blaxton v. State

I concur with the Court’s decision to prevent Blaxton from filing any further pleadings unless those pleadings are filed in good faith through an attorney. Majority op. at 5-6. As the opinion makes clear, the sheer volume of Blaxton’s pro se filings warrants us taking this step. In his latest petition for mandamus, he requested that this Court “compel the State to convene a grand jury to review his incarceration,” a request that does “not satisfy the basic requirements for the issuance of a writ of mandamus.” See majority op. at 4.

I write, however, to highlight a potential legal problem with…