Case Title: Clarence McClendon v. Honorable Marion Humphrey, Circuit Judge

Citation: 

Docket Number: CR06-916

State: arkansas

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Date: 2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT No. CR 06­916 CLARENCE McCLENDON Petitioner v. HON. MARION HUMPHREY, CIRCUIT JUDGE Respondent Opinion Delivered November 1, 2007 PRO SE PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS [CIRCUIT COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY, CR 86­1284] PETITION DISMISSED. PER CURIAM On August 16, 2006, petitioner Clarence McClendon, who was found guiltyofcapitalmurder and aggravated robbery in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County in 1987, filed in this court a pro se petition for writ of mandamus. Petitioner contended that the Honorable Marion Humphrey, Circuit Judge, had failed to act in a timelymanner on a petition that he had filed on August 17, 2005, seeking to have his criminal conviction vacated. Judge Humphrey responded to the petition and informed this court that the matter had been set for hearing. Over the course of the next several months, the hearing date was reset several times, and on February 8, 2007, a deputy attorney general notified one of our staff attorneys that petitioner had retained counsel and that the matter had been passed until the attorney could review the file. On October 8, 2007, respondent Humphrey submitted a supplemental response to the mandamus action with a copy of the circuit court’s docket appended which reflects that respondent ­2­ has held several hearings on the petition to vacate sentence and that petitioner continues to enjoy representation by counsel in the proceeding. As the court’s docket indicates that the respondent is actively working toward a final disposition of the petition and petitioner’s interests are being protected by counsel, there is no apparent need to continue the mandamus action in this court. For that reason, the petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed. Petition dismissed.