Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Sanders
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 8, 1995No. CR-94-570PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jerald Sanders petitions this court for a writ of mandamus ordering Circuit Judge Chris Galanos to recuse himself from hearing the case against Sanders. Judge Galanos served as district attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama from 1979 through August 1994. Sanders contends that Judge Galanos had a conflict of interest because he was serving as the district attorney when the case against Sanders was first investigated by the district attorney's office.
A petition for a writ of mandamus is the correct method by which to challenge the legality of a judge's decision not to recuse…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Matter of SheffieldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
- Edward J. Barry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Acromag-Viking v. BlalockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Ex Parte BalogunSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Payne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
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