Jenkins v. Billy

Respondent has filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted, stating three grounds: that the trial court has proper jurisdiction, which petitioner does not challenge, that petitioner has an adequate remedy at law via a direct appeal from the denial of a similar request for a writ filed in the Court of Appeals for Licking County, and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in setting the amount of bond. We decline to dismiss his petition on any of these grounds, and in so doing, reaffirm the holding in State v. Bevacqua (1946), 147 Ohio St.…