Harper v. State Board of Pardons & Paroles

Petitioner filed this action for mandamus against the State Board of Pardons and Paroles (Board), and its Chairman, seeking an order requiring them to recompute his sentences resulting from his convictions as an habitual violator. The petitioner maintained that the respondents had erred in calculating the time he was required to serve, and that he was entitled to be released from custody. At the time of the hearing of this case the petitioner had been released from cus*133tody. The trial court dismissed the petition for mandamus and this appeal followed.

Decided April 25, 1990. Jimmie Louis…