State v. Utley

The State of Alabama filed this petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that we direct Judge Brady E. Mendheim to vacate his order granting Branden Wayne Utley’s third request for probation. In May 2011, Utley pleaded guilty to enticing a child and two counts of transmitting obscene material to a child. He was sentenced on July 5, 2011, to concurrent terms of three years’ imprisonment for each count. Probation was denied at that time. On July 22, 2011, Utley filed written notice of appeal. On August 4, 2011, Utley moved for an appeal bond and moved that the court reconsider probation. The…