State v. Tapley

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by the district attorney for Morgan County, seeking to compel Morgan County Circuit Judge A.E. Bozeman to set aside his dismissal of certain cases appealed from district court to Morgan Circuit Court for trial de novo.

The petition alleges that the circuit judge, pursuant to Rule 30.4, A.R.Crim.P., dismissed the cases appealed to the circuit court from both the municipal and the district court because the records were not transmitted to the circuit court within 14 days after the filing of the notice of appeal. This petition does not challenge the…