State ex rel. McKinney v. Schmenk (Slip Opinion)

*70 {¶ 1} Appellant, Daniel P. McKinney, appeals the judgment of the Third District Court of Appeals dismissing his petition *872 for a writ of mandamus. For the reasons below, we affirm.

Background

{¶ 2} For purposes of reviewing a decision granting a motion to dismiss, we must accept the following allegations in McKinney's petition as true. See Mitchell v. Lawson Milk Co., 40 Ohio St.3d 190 , 192, 532 N.E.2d 753 (1988).

{¶ 3} In 2004, McKinney was convicted of five counts arising from a single event: robbery, aggravated theft, receiving stolen property, and two counts of failing to comply with a…