WADE v. SINGLETARY

No. 87900.

696 So.2d 754 (1997)

Carl Harvey WADE, Jr., Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., and Lawton Chiles, Governor and Chairman, Executive Clemency Board, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Harvey Wade, Jr., Avon Park, pro se.

Judy Bond, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, and Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Cecilia Bradley, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondents.


WELLS, Justice.

Carl Harvey Wade, Jr., petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus, arguing that certain waiver provisions in the Rules of Executive Clemency were improperly applied to him in violation of ex-post-facto principles. In response, the Governor has moved to dismiss Wade's petition.1 We have jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(8) of the Florida Constitution, and grant the Governor...

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