State ex rel. Call v. Zimmers

Call asserts that the court of appeals erred in dismissing his mandamus action. For the following reasons, Call’s assertion lacks merit.

First, Call was not entitled to a transcript because his transcript had already been filed in his direct appeal. State ex rel. Grove v. Nadel (1998), 81 Ohio St.3d 325, 326, 691 N.E.2d 275, 276. Only one copy of a transcript of a criminal trial need be provided to an indigent criminal defendant. State ex rel. Murr v. Thierry (1987), 34 Ohio St.3d 45, 45-46, 517 N.E.2d 226, 227.

Second, although Call claimed that he needed the copy of the transcript to help him…