State ex rel. Smith v. Hamilton Cty. Court of Common Pleas

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports at 175 Ohio St.3d 389.] THE STATE EX REL. SMITH, APPELLANT, v. HAMILTON COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APPELLEE. [Cite as State ex rel. Smith v. Hamilton Cty. Court of Common Pleas,

2024-Ohio-2779.] Mandamus—Prohibition—A court of common pleas is not sui juris, and suing an entity that is not sui juris is a ground for dismissal—Civ.R. 52 has no application to a long-closed criminal case—New arguments may not be raised on appeal—Prohibition claim did not allege that trial court exercised judicial power unauthorized by law—Court of appeals’…