Richard H. Leavitt v. Olivia Craven

HORTON, Justice.

Richard A. Leavitt petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Commission of Pardons and Parole (Commission) to schedule a full hearing on Leavitt’s petition for commutation and comply with its rules for such a hearing by publishing notice of the time and place of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation at least once a week for four weeks prior to the hearing.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The facts of this case were recently set forth in this Court’s opinion declining to stay Leavitt’s execution:

In 1984, Leavitt brutally attacked, sexually…