Duane Jefferson Gonder v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Gonder’s request for permission to file a mandamus petition seeking to compel the prosecutor to correct alleged plea-hearing misrepresentations and alter his conviction and sentence. It held that Gonder lacked a clear and certain right to relief, the prosecutor had no enforceable ministerial duty to act after the proceeding had concluded, and mandamus could not replace an untimely postconviction challenge. The court also denied Gonder’s motions for judicial notice and his motion to file a belated reply brief.