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

{¶ 1} We affirm the Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals’ judgment dismissing a petition for writs of mandamus and/or procedendo to compel a trial judge to resentence relator-appellant, John A. Johnson. Johnson had been convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death in 1976. The sentence was affirmed by the court of appeals, but we reversed the death sentence and modified Johnson’s sentence to life in prison based on U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

{¶ 2} This is the latest in a series of petitions Johnson has filed, asserting that he should have been returned to the common pleas court for…