STATE v. BUI

1030504.

888 So.2d 1227 (2004)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (In re STATE of Alabama v. Quang Ngoc BUI).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen Brooks, district atty., for petitioner.

Richard K. Keith of Keith & Hamm, P.C., Montgomery; and William W. Whatley, Jr., Montgomery, for respondent.


LYONS, Justice.

Quang Ngoc Bui is charged with capital murder in the Montgomery Circuit Court. The State of Alabama petitions for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Charles Price to set aside his order authorizing the use of State funds for defense counsel to travel to Vietnam to conduct an investigation of possible mitigating evidence. For the reasons discussed below, we grant the petition.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Quang Ngoc Bui was...

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