Henson v. Wyatt

On November 30, 2007, petitioner Billy Joe Henson filed a pleading styled as a petition for writ of habeas corpus in Jefferson County Circuit Court. The trial court apparently dismissed the petition, although no order so indicating appears in the partial record before us. In any event, petitioner filed a “motion for reconsideration” on January 2, 2008, in which he requested the circuit court consider changing or reversing an order of December 19, 2007. On March 3, 2008, petitioner filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court, requesting that we issue the writ to compel the circuit…