S/O Ex Rel. Hightower v. Russo, Unpublished Decision (7-9-2003)

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION.

{¶ 1} Relator, Willie Hightower is the defendant in State v.Hightower, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-004097. Hightower was convicted of murder, abduction and rape. This court affirmed that judgment in State v. Hightower (Oct. 14, 1976), Cuyahoga App. No. 35160.

{¶ 2} In Case No. CR-004097, Hightower filed motions for production of evidentiary documents (in the possession of the State) and for DNA test on June 20, 2002. Respondent, Judge Nancy Margaret Russo, denied these motions by entry received for filing on August 7, 2002. Hightower also filed a…