EX PARTE WALKER

1941873.

675 So.2d 408 (1996)

Ex parte Altion Maxine WALKER. (Re State of Alabama v. Altion Maxine Walker.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth E. Friedman, Atlanta, Georgia, for Petitioner.

Jeff Sessions, Atty. Gen., and Jack W. Willis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert Rumsey, District Atty., Talladega, for Respondent.


MADDOX, Justice.

This petition for a writ of mandamus, filed by a defendant in a capital case, presents a question of the defendant's right to require the trial judge to allow her to have counsel of her choice, an attorney admitted to practice in a state other than Alabama, but who seeks to represent the defendant, pro hac vice, at no expense to the State.

Under the facts of this case, we agree with the petitioner, Altion Maxine Walker, who has asked...

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