Barbour v. Democratic Executive Committee

Marshall, Justice.

On May 28, 1980, the appellant filed an application with the Crawford County Democratic Executive Committee to be certified as a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Crawford County. On June 5, the committee denied the appellant’s application on the ground that he had been convicted of felony involuntary manslaughter in 1960. On June 10, the appellant filed a complaint for writ of mandamus in the Crawford Superior Court, seeking to compel the committee to certify him as a candidate for sheriff in that the State Board of Pardons and Paroles had in 1975 granted the appellant…