Ex Parte Boswell

Mark Boswell petitions this Court for the issuance of a writ of mandamus ordering the Mobile District Court to process his appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals.

On July 6, 1989, following a bench trial, Boswell was convicted of second degree possession of marijuana, pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-12-214. For this conviction, Boswell received a sentence of one year's imprisonment, which was suspended with two years' probation, and a fine of $250. On July 18, 1989, Boswell filed a notice of appeal of his conviction and sentence to the Court of Criminal Appeals, pursuant to Ala. Code 1975,…