State ex rel. Cunningham v. Reed

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent a common pleas court and one of its judges from proceeding with a new sentencing hearing. Because the appellant essentially seeks release from prison, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

{¶ 2} In 1997, appellant, Greg Cunningham, pleaded guilty to a charge of felonious assault with a gun specification and was sentenced to a term of eight years in prison, to be served consecutively to his sentence in a separate criminal case. On October 15, 2007, appellee Judge Jeffrey L. Reed of…