State ex rel. Harsh v. Oney

{¶ 1} This is the appeal of a case in mandamus and prohibition filed by appellant, Robert Harsh, against appellee, Butler County Court of Common Pleas Judge Patricia Oney, regarding his sentence for a felony conviction for driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs (“DUI”). Because Harsh brought an earlier mandamus case raising the same issues, which was previously dismissed by the court of appeals, the current mandamus claim is precluded by res judicata and was properly dismissed. And because Harsh had an adequate remedy at law by way of appeal from his original sentence and Judge…