Ex Parte Peterson

Charles Peterson petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to dismiss his indictment. We grant the petition.

For the factual background of this case, see Peterson v.State, 842 So.2d 734 (Ala.Crim.App. 2001) ("Peterson I"), andEx parte Peterson, 884 So.2d 924 (Ala.Crim.App. 2003) ("Peterson II"). This case arises out of the murder, in which Peterson and other individuals participated, of "Eddie Allen, the manager of a Burger King fast-food restaurant." Peterson II, 884 So.2d at 925. In 1995, a grand jury returned a one-count, capital-murder indictment…