Ex Parte Charest

Full title: Ex parte Pat Charest. (In re: Pat Charest v. State of Alabama)

Court: Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Apr 19, 2002

854 So. 2d 1101 (Ala. 2002)

Opinion

No. 1010929.

Decided April 19, 2002.

Appeal from Baldwin Circuit Court, CC-94-1363.60; Court of Criminal Appeals, CR-99-1663.

Roger C. Appell, Birmingham, for petitioner.

William H. Pryor, Jr., atty. gen., and Michael B. Billingsley, asst. atty. gen., for respondent.

HARWOOD, Justice.

The petition for the writ of certiorari is denied because it has been prematurely filed. The petitioner will have the opportunity to file another petition for the writ of certiorari, if necessary, after the Court of Criminal Appeals has made a final decision on return from remand. See Ex parte Pierce, 576 So.2d 258 (Ala. 1991); Rule 39, Ala.R.App.P.

WRIT DENIED.

Moore, C.J., and See, Brown, and Woodall, JJ., concur.

Stuart, J., recuses herself.^_

_ Justice Stuart was the trial judge in this case.