Ex Parte Gonzalez

Kim Gonzalez petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus ordering Judge John Jolly of the Franklin County Circuit Court to dismiss the capital murder indictment against her. We hold that she has failed to establish a clear legal right to the relief requested and, therefore, we deny the writ.

Gonzalez argues that the indictment should be dismissed because, she argues, the grand jury proceedings were so tainted by prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel as to render the proceedings fundamentally unfair. She also argues that statements she made to police that were presented…