Porter v. Florida Parole & Probation Commission

SHIVERS, Judge.

This appeal is from the summary denial of a petition for a writ of mandamus. We reverse and remand with instructions to issue an alternative writ in mandamus.

In October 1982 Wallace Porter was convicted of kidnapping and manslaughter. He received consecutive sentences of life and fifteen years.

On September 23, 1987, Porter was interviewed by a hearing examiner to establish his presumptive parole release date (PPRD). Porter’s PPRD was set for June 22,1994, based in part on a calculation that Porter had three or more prior convictions and two or more prior incarcerations. See…