Kandola v. State, Cr-10-1132 (ala.crim.app. 7-29-2011)

The petitioner, Vikrum Singh Kandola, filed this petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that we direct Judge Charles Graddick to vacate his order revoking Kandola’s probation, to find that his probation violation was a technical violation for purposes of § 15 — 22—54(d)(1)(f), Ala.Code 1975,1 and to fix his term of imprisonment at no more than 90 days.

In 2009, Kandola was convicted of distributing a controlled substance and was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. The sentence was split and he was ordered to serve three years on supervised probation followed by three years of…