State ex Rel. Jackson v. McMonagle

Full title: STATE EX REL. JACKSON, APPELLANT, v. MCMONAGLE, JUDGE, APPELLEE

Court: Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Oct 13, 1993

67 Ohio St. 3d 450 (Ohio 1993)

619 N.E.2d 1017

Opinion

No. 93-959

Submitted August 16, 1993 —

Decided October 13, 1993.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 65070.

Appellant, Theodore R. Jackson, Jr., sought a writ of mandamus in the court of appeals to compel appellee, Richard J. McMonagle, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, to hold a hearing on appellant's application for postconviction relief. The court of appeals dismissed the petition, holding that appellee had no duty to hold a hearing.

This cause is before the court upon an appeal as of right.

Theodore R. Jackson, Jr., pro se. Stephanie Tubb Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Elaine Welsh, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Per Curiam.

The decision of the court of appeals is affirmed. Courts are not required to hold a hearing on all postconviction cases. R.C. 2953.21(C). Appeal is an adequate remedy at law. State ex rel. Kaldor v. Court of Common Pleas of Belmont Cty. (1984), 9 Ohio St.3d 114, 9 OBR 339, 459 N.E.2d 517.

Judgment affirmed.

MOYER, C.J., A.W. SWEENEY, DOUGLAS, WRIGHT, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.