Legal Opinion
State v. Ryals
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 21, 2001No. CR-00-2139PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
The petitioner, Timothy L. Ryals, a Mobile County sheriff deputy, filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing Judge James C. Wood to dismiss the four-count indictment against him. Ryals was indicted by the Mobile County January 2001 grand jury for four counts of violating § 13A-9-3, Ala.Code 1975, by falsely certifying that he had served summonses and complaints when, in fact, he had not. Ryals moved to dismiss the indictment based on double-jeopardy grounds because he had already been punished by his employer, the Sheriff of Mobile County, with suspension from his employment and the…
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