State ex rel. Black v. Forchione
Annotate this CaseRelator, who had been convicted of a sexually-oriented offense, was indicted for failure to notify the appropriate county sheriff’s office when he changed his residential address. Relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the court of appeals, asserting that Judge Frank G. Forchione lacked jurisdiction over his criminal case for the failure to notify and indicating that only Judge Haas, who presided over his original criminal case, had jurisdiction. The court of appeals granted Judge Forchione’s motion to dismiss. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Relator had an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law by way of appeal was not entitled to a writ of mandamus.
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