Georgia Court of Appeals
Milford Washington v. Clerk, Dekalb County Superior Court
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What the court decided
Milford Washington sought a writ of mandamus to compel the clerk to assemble and transmit an appellate record, but the petition was dismissed because the proper procedure requires seeking such relief in the superior court first. The Georgia Court of Appeals held that seeking a writ of mandamus in the appellate court in the first instance is an extremely rare circumstance, resulting in the petition being DISMISSED.
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