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RichardLynnNorton,Clifton,Tennessee,proseAppellant. t PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneral&Reporter,andJohnH.Bledsoe,AssistantAttorneyGeneral, L  fortheAppellee,StateofTennessee. 8!  4 OPINION #XX[c#X[X $8 $ #XX[v #X[X Background  &"&      ` Mr.Nortonisincarceratedafterbeingconvictedandsentencedforadrugoffense. )$) Mr.Nortonallegesdoublejeopardybecause,asarguedbyMr.Norton,thepresentmentaccusedhim p*%* ofbothsellinganddeliveringthesamedrugandadefendantcannotbeconvictedofbothacts.He \+&+ alsoallegesthatthepresentmentviolatedhisrightsofdueprocessandequalprotectionbecauseit H,', wasalteredtoremovethenameofacodefendant.Mr.Nortonsoughtawritofmandamusrequiring 4-(- _theStatetoreleasehimandtoarrestandprosecutetrialcourtJudgeJamesE.Becknerand  prosecutingattorneyEricChristiansen.     ` TheTrialCourtheldthatMr.Nortonsonlyrecourse,ifhehasany,isbywayofpost t convictionreliefandthatawritofmandamusisnotavailabletoredressMr.Nortonsalleged ` grievances.TheTrialCourtdeniedMr.Nortonspetitionforawritofmandamus.Mr.Norton L  appealstothisCourt. 8    Discussion   `      ` WhileMr.Nortonraisesthreeissuesonappeal,thedispositiveissueiswhetherthe  8  TrialCourterredindenyingMr.Nortonspetitionforawritofmandamus. $   X XXX[   ` Ourreviewis=  denovo=|  ݀upontherecord,accompaniedbyapresumptionofcorrectness   ofthefindingsoffactofthetrialcourt,unlessthepreponderanceoftheevidenceisotherwise.Tenn.   R.App.P.13(d);Boganv.Bogan,60S.W.3d721,727(Tenn.2001).Atrialcourt'sconclusionsof   lawaresubjecttoa=  denovo=6  ݀reviewwithnopresumptionofcorrectness.=  S.Constructors,Inc.v. p LoudonCountyBd.ofEduc.=  ,58S.W.3d706,710(Tenn.2001).#X[X X X7#X XXX[ \ #X[X XX#   ` OurSupremeCourtreiteratedthelongstandingruleregardingthewritofmandamus 4 inthe1995caseofPaduchv.CityofJohnsonCity,stating:  p 8  Foranacttobeenforcedbyawritofmandamus,theactmustbepurely H  ministerial.PeerlessConstructionCo.v.Bass,158Tenn.518,520,14S.W.2d 4 732(1929).Iftherighttohavetheactperformedisdoubtful,therightmustbefirst   establishedinsomeotherformofaction.Mandamusisasummaryremedy,   extraordinaryinitsnature,andtobeappliedonlywhenarighthasbeenclearly  established.Peerless,14S.W.2dat733.   Paduchv.CityofJohnsonCity,896S.W.2d767,76970(Tenn.1995)(quotingHackettv.Smith l County,807S.W.2d695,698(Tenn.Ct.App.1990)). Theofficeofmandamusistoexecute,not X  adjudicate.Itdoesnotascertainoradjustmutualclaimsorrightsbetweentheparties.Moorev. D! WyethChandler,Mayor,675S.W.2d153,153(Tenn.1984)(quotingPeerlessConstr.Co.v.Bass, 0"  14S.W.2d732,732(Tenn.1929)). #l!    ` TheactsMr.Nortonseekstohaveperformedarenotpurelyministerial.Mr.Norton $D # hasnotestablishedthroughsomeotheractioneitherarighttobereleasedorarighttohavetrial %0!$ courtJudgeJamesE.BecknerandprosecutingattorneyEricChristiansenarrestedandprosecuted. &"% AsMr.Nortonhasnotestablishedtheserights,thewritofmandamusisnotavailable. '#&    ` WeaffirmtheTrialCourtsholdingdenyingMr.Nortonspetitionforawritof )$( mandamus. |*%)  h+&* Ї  Conclusion        ` ThejudgmentoftheTrialCourtisaffirmed,andthiscauseisremandedtotheTrial  Courtforcollectionofthecostsbelow.ThecostsonappealareassessedagainsttheAppellant, t RichardLynnNorton. `    `     h     ___________________________________      `     h     D.MICHAELSWINEY,JUDGE