Ex Parte Hargett

The petitioner, Reginald Lamar Hargett, filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable Albert L. Johnson, circuit judge for the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit, to set aside the dismissal of Hargett's Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition and to hold the petition in abeyance until his direct appeal is final.

Hargett was convicted of selling cocaine and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He filed a notice of appeal in September 1998 and this Court affirmed his conviction on March 26, 1999, by an unpublished memorandum. Hargett v. State, (CR-97-2471, March 26, 1999) 767 So.2d 418…