Case Title: Karagianes v. Hawaii Paroling Authority

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State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2008-11-03T00:00:00Z

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GARY KARAGIANES, Petitioner, =
vs. 2
=
HAWAI'I PAROLING AUTHORITY and DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
‘SAFETY, Respondents.

 

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(ay: Moon, ¢.J., Levinson, Rakeyama, Acoba, and Dufty, JJ.)
Upon consideration of the petition for 4 writ of

mandamus fi1ed by petitioner Gary Karagianes and the papers in
support, At appears that HRS § 706-660.1 (1993) does not preclude
Inpositions of mininun terms of inprisonment by both the circuit
court and the Hawai't Paroling Authority, the lengths of which
nay difter. See Althouse v. State, 111 Havas's 35, 38-40, 137
F.3d 249, 252-54 (2006). Petitioner's minimun term of
imprisonment fixed by the Hawas"s Paroling Authority may be
challenged in a petition for post-conviction relief filed in the

circuit court pursuant to Hawai'i Rul

 

of Penal Procedure Rule
40. Therefore, petitioner is not entitled to mandamus relief.
Seo Koma v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338 (1999)
(A writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that will not
issue unless the petitioner demonstrates a clear and indisputable
right to relief and a lack of alternative means to redress
adequately the alleged wrong or obtain the requested action.).

Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDE!

 

at the petition for a writ of
mandamus is denied.

DATED: Hono:

 

November 3, 2008.