State ex rel. Steiner v. Rinfret
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus against Holmes County Court of Common Pleas Judge Robert D. Rinfret, holding that the court of appeals correctly determined that Appellant had an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law.
Appellant, who was serving consecutive prison terms for five convictions, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus arguing that Judge Rinfret improperly sentenced him to a prison term of nine years for his attempted rape conviction instead of the maximum term of eleven years. The court of appeals dismissed the petition, determining that Appellant had failed to file a mandatory affidavit of his prior civil actions and had an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that relief in mandamus was not available because Petitioner had an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law.
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