Ex Parte Melton

Vince Melton petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to grant his request to proceed in forma pauperis on a Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief. The petition is denied.

Melton was convicted of attempted murder on October 27, 1987; on December 4, 1987, the trial court sentenced him to 20 years' imprisonment. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Melton's conviction in an unpublished memorandum. Melton v. State, 531 So.2d 69 (Ala.Crim.App. 1988) (table). Melton subsequently filed two Rule 32 petitions — on June 11, 1997, and November 20, 2000…