State Ex Rel. Harris v. Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas

{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the First District Court of Appeals dismissing the petition for writs of mandamus and prohibition filed by appellant, Lionel Harris.

{¶ 2} Harris was charged with aggravated murder in Hamilton County in 1991. His case was assigned to the docket of Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas Nurre.

{¶ 3} A visiting judge, Judge Donald Schott, was assigned to preside over the trial. The jury found Harris guilty. On January 29, 1992, Judge Schott read the jury’s verdict, then immediately excused the jury and, the defense having waived a presentence investigation, sentenced…