State ex rel. Peterson v. McClelland (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the Eighth District Court of Appeals denying appellant Damien L. Peterson’s petition for writs of mandamus and prohibition.

Background

{¶ 2} In 2006, Peterson was convicted in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court of aggravated robbery, felonious assault, and having a weapon while under disability. In 2014, appellee, Judge Robert C. McClelland, granted Peterson’s motion for judicial release and placed him on community control for a period of two years.

{¶ 3} The state appealed from the judgment granting Peterson judicial release, and in March 2015, the Eighth…