Alabama v. Woodard

The petitioner, David Woodard, filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Robert Earl Wilters to grant his motion to “redact” a portion of Woodard’s statement this Court has previously held was improperly admitted in Woodard’s first trial.1 Woodard was convicted of felony murder, and he appealed that conviction to this Court. We reversed Woodard’s conviction and ordered a new trial. Woodard v. State, 846 So.2d 1102 (Ala.Crim.App.2002). We held that the trial court erroneously admitted a portion of Woodard’s statement that referred to a prior criminal act — a killing in North…