State ex rel. McKenney v. Jones
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The Supreme Court denied requests sought by four Summit County Municipal Court judges for writs of prohibition and mandamus against Respondents, the Summit County Court of Common Pleas and its administrative judge, holding that that Plaintiffs failed to establish that they were entitled to the writs.
The office of the county executive asked the municipal court judges at issue to stop appointing counsel for indigent unindicted felony defendants, concluding that municipal court appointments of private counsel were a misuse of public funds when representation was already provided for in contracts with the Legal Defender Office. Plaintiffs filed a complaint for writs of mandamus and prohibition to prevent the appointment of counsel by the common pleas court judges while a case is pending in the municipal court. The Supreme Court denied the writ, holding that municipal court judges have not established that common pleas court judges are in fact making such appointments appointments and that nothing in the local rules clearly states that common pleas court judges may do so.
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