Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number SC 1618. Attorney(S) Charles L. Howard, III, Birmingham, for None for the State, Judges SHORES, Justice. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In re Samuel Porter MITCHELL v. STATE of Alabama. Ex parte Samuel Porter Mitchell. SHORES, Justice. Petition of Samuel Porter Mitchell for Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision of that Court in Mitchell v. State of Alabama, 56 Ala. App. 718, 325 So.2d 509. Writ denied. HEFLIN, C. J., and MERRILL, MADDOX and JONES, JJ., concur.