State ex rel. Clark v. Marshall

This cause is before the court pursuant to an appeal as of right from the dismissal of appellant’s complaint for a writ of mandamus.*

On June 23,1978, appellant entered a plea of guilty in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County to two counts of compelling prostitution (R. C. 2907.21). No direct appeal was taken from that conviction. In the mandamus action below, appellant sought an order directing the trial judge, George Marshall, to provide him with a transcript of trial proceedings at state expense.

As the Court of Appeals stated, “[r]elator has no appeal from his conviction pending nor…