Opinion ID: 2166571
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: standard of review

Text: This Court has the authority to issue and determine original remedial writs. Mo. Const. art. V, sec. 4.1. It issues a writ of mandamus to compel the performance of a ministerial duty that one charged with the duty has refused to perform. Furlong Cos. v. City of Kansas City, 189 S.W.3d 157, 165-66 (Mo. banc 2006). A litigant asking relief by mandamus must allege and prove that he has a clear, unequivocal, specific right to a thing claimed. Id. at 166. The speedy trial statute specifically allows that the provisions of this section shall be enforceable by mandamus. Sec. 545.780(2).