The State Ex Rel. R.W. v. Williams, Judge

{¶ 20} I respectfully dissent. In my view, the Hamilton County Juvenile Court patently and unambiguously lacks jurisdiction to proceed following this court’s reversal in In re R.W., 140 Ohio St.3d 1433, 2014-Ohio-4160, 16 N.E.3d 678. Therefore, I would grant a writ of prohibition.

{¶ 21} The Hamilton County Juvenile Court granted R.W.’s motion to dismiss the delinquency cases against him with prejudice. R.W. based his motion to dismiss solely on the state’s refusal to abide by the juvenile court’s order to provide requested discovery. As relevant here, R.W. specifically claimed that the state…