State ex rel. Davis v. Saffold

{¶ 1} Appellant, Robert Davis, appeals the decision of the Eighth District Court of Appeals dismissing his petition for a writ of mandamus. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

Background

{¶ 2} On July 20, 2009, after Davis pleaded guilty to burglary, appellee, Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold, sentenced him to five years of community control and warned him that a violation of community control would result in an eight-year prison sentence. State v. Davis, Cuyahoga C.P. No. CR-08-509762-A.

{¶ 3} The next month, Judge Saffold found Davis in violation of…