State v. Sharp

The attorney general for the State of Alabama, acting on behalf of the district attorney for the twenty-third judicial circuit, filed this petition for a writ of prohibition directing Judge Laura W. Hamilton to vacate her order directing the district attorney's office to reindict Jason Sharp and to record and transcribe the grand jury proceedings. Sharp was originally indicted in 1999 for the offense of capital murder. In March 2001, Judge Hamilton granted Sharp's pretrial motion to suppress Sharp's inculpatory statements to police. Sharp then filed a motion to dismiss the indictment arguing…