Ex Parte St. John

Michael E. St. John, an inmate at the Limestone Correctional Facility, Capshaw, Alabama, petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial judge and the Court of Criminal Appeals to grant the petitioner's motions to proceed in forma pauperis in the trial court on a Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition and on appeal of the trial judge's denial of that Rule 32 petition. We grant a writ for only partial relief, as the principal aspects of the petitioner's claims for relief are moot.

On July 26, 1999, the petitioner filed a Rule 32 petition challenging his 1984 conviction for breaking…