State v. Powell

HORNSBY, Chief Justice.

A criminal defendant, Michael Lamar Powell, has petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Michael Zoghby, of the Mobile Circuit Court, to grant the defendant’s motion for a free copy of the transcript of his sentencing hearings, which were held on December 3, 1991, and May 5, 1992. We deny the writ.

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The facts and procedural history of this case are both lengthy and complex. Thus, we set out a summary below:

While on probation from an earlier conviction (CC-87-1047),1 Powell was arrested and charged with burglary in the second degree, burglary in the…