Ex Parte Murray

Karys Dontricia Murray petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to dismiss the indictment returned against him in 2002, to reinstate his conviction and sentence for felony murder under a prior indictment, and to vacate his conviction and sentence for first-degree robbery under that prior indictment. We grant the petition in part.

This case arises out of the murder, in which Murray and other individuals participated, of Eddie Allen, the manager of a Burger King fast-food restaurant. In 1995, a grand jury returned a one-count indictment against Murray…