Brooks v. Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles

TAYLOR, Judge.

The appellant, Willie J. Brooks, appeals the circuit court’s denial of his “Petition for Writ of Certiorari.” The petition was originally submitted to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which the appellant attacked the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles revocation of his probation. The petition was restyled as a petition for a writ of certiorari. “In the absence of the right to appeal or other adequate remedy, the writ of certiorari lies to review the rulings of an administrative board or commission.” Ellard v. State, 474…