State ex rel. Law Office of Montgomery County Public Defender v. Rosencrans

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment denying a writ of mandamus that sought to compel a mayor and a city to bring all the criminal defendants appearing in mayor’s court into an open, public forum, to turn on the available sound-amplification system so that the public can hear the mayor’s court proceedings, and to record the mayor’s court proceedings. We affirm the judgment.

{¶ 2} The mayor’s court for the city of Moraine, Ohio, is held in the council chambers in the city’s municipal building. Mayor’s court proceedings are governed by the United States and Ohio Constitutions, R.C. Chapter…