State ex rel. Lemmon v. Ohio Adult Parole Authority

Appellants assert that the court of appeals erred in dismissing their mandamus actions. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgments of the court of appeals.

Initially, as the court of appeals determined and appellants concede, Am.Sub. S.B. No. 2 expressly provides that the amended sentencing provisions do not apply to persons convicted and sentenced prior to July 1, 1996. See Section 5, *188Am.Sub.S.B. No. 2 (“The provisions of the Revised Code in existence prior to July 1, 1996, shall apply to a person upon whom a court imposed a term of imprisonment prior to that date * * *„”).

Second,…