State ex rel. Dillon v. Cottrill (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} We affirm the Fifth District Court of Appeals’ judgment dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus.

{¶ 2} Appellant, Randy Dillon, was convicted of rape, attempted murder, kidnapping, and burglary. State v. Dillon, 5th Dist. Muskingum No. 2008-CA-37, 2009-Ohio-3134, ¶ 1. He was sentenced to life in prison for the rape conviction and to an aggregate term of 28 years for the remaining convictions. Id. at ¶ 19. On appeal, his convictions were affirmed, id. at ¶ 122, and we declined jurisdiction, State v. Dillon, 123 Ohio St.3d 1495, 2009-Ohio-6015, 916 N.E.2d 1075.

{¶ 3} Dillon filed a…