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MAYS v. DISTRICT COURT

No. 26774.

901 P.2d 639 (1995)

John Edward MAYS, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF the STATE OF NEVADA, In and for the COUNTY OF CLARK, and the Honorable Donald M. Mosley, District Judge, Respondents, and The State of Nevada, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marquis & Aurbach, Las Vegas, for Petitioner.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, and Karl W. Armstrong, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City; Edward R.J. Kane, Las Vegas, for Respondents.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This original petition for a writ of mandamus challenges an order of the district court denying petitioner's motion for a recalculation of sentence credits. We conclude that the district court had an absolute duty to order the Nevada Department of Prisons to credit petitioner with his prior parole and to recalculate his sentence on this basis. Accordingly, we grant the petition for a writ of mandamus.

In July, 1984, petitioner...

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