Guhl v. Crow

1 Citing case

  1. Saleem v. Forrester

    424 S.E.2d 623 (Ga. 1993)   Cited 11 times

    In that petition, the appellant challenged the legality of the life sentences imposed following his convictions for armed robbery and kidnapping with bodily injury. A petition for writ of mandamus is not the proper vehicle for obtaining post-appeal review of sentences imposed by a state court. "Mandamus is a remedy designed to compel the doing of ministerial acts[,]" Speedway Grading Corp. v. Barrow, 258 Ga. 693, 695 ( 373 S.E.2d 205) (1988), and will not lie when the act complained of involves the exercise of judicial discretion, such as sentencing ( Anderson v. McMurray, 217 Ga. 145 ( 121 S.E.2d 22) (1961); see also Guhl v. Crow, 237 Ga. 699 ( 229 S.E.2d 475) (1976)). In addition, "[m]andamus is not an appropriate remedy to compel the undoing of acts already done...." Speedway Grading, 258 Ga. at 695.