State ex rel. Bevins v. Cooper (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} We affirm the First District Court of Appeals’ dismissal of the petition for a writ of mandamus filed by appellant, Andrew Bevins Jr. Bevins seeks a writ ordering the trial judge who declared a mistrial in his criminal case to issue a final, appealable order journalizing the decision to declare a mistrial. The court of appeals correctly dismissed the petition.

{¶ 2} Bevins was charged with and eventually convicted of aggravated burglary and rape. State v. Bevins, 1st Dist. Hamilton, No. C-050754, 2006-Ohio-6974, 2006 WL 3825141, ¶ 1 (affirming Bevins’s convictions on direct appeal but…