Perch v. Bahakel

WOODALL, Justice.

Anthony Richard Perch is an inmate at Holman Correctional Facility. In May 2008, he sent a letter to the clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court, requesting, pursuant to § 36-12-40, Ala.Code 1975, copies of certain documents from the files in three cases involving criminal charges against a person who had testified as a witness for the State in the trial in which Perch was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. More specifically, he asked for copies of the case-action-summary sheets, the indictment, the plea agreement,…