State ex rel. Hemsley v. Burnham Unruh

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the court of appeals dismissing a complaint for a writ of prohibition to prevent appellee, Summit County Court of Common Pleas Judge Brenda Burnham Unruh, from proceeding on alleged violations of community control. Because Judge Burnham Unruh does not patently and unambiguously lack jurisdiction to proceed, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

{¶ 2} In 1998, appellant, Greg H. Hemsley, pleaded guilty to felony offenses of grand theft, theft, and misuse of credit cards, and the common pleas court accepted the plea. Judge Burnham…