Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Pfalzgraf
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 19, 1999No. CR-98-1194PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The petitioner, Alissa Pfalzgraf, filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable Phillip N. Lisenby, circuit judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit, to order specific performance of her plea agreements.
In August 1998, Pfalzgraf was arrested and charged with two counts of burglary in the third degree. She requested that she be allowed to appear before Tuscaloosa's drug court. She argued that, she would agree to the terms of drug court by pleading guilty to the charges and undergoing extensive drug treatment for drug-related problems. The district attorney approved Pfalzgraf's…
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