King v. Wooldridge

Christopher Allen King appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for Tuscaloosa County denying a petition for writ of mandamus directed at a municipal court judge. Christopher Allen King was arrested for DUI (driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs), in violation of § 17-1 of the Municipal Code of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in February 1987. This ordinance is the general "adopting ordinance" for the City of Tuscaloosa, and adopts § 32-5A-191, Code of Alabama 1975, the DUI statute. Thereafter, King, through his attorney, applied for youthful offender treatment under § 15-19-1, Code of…