State ex rel. Newell v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 77 Ohio St.3d 269.] THE STATE EX REL. NEWELL, APPELLANT, v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. Newell v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas,

1997-Ohio-76.] Mandamus to compel common pleas court to transfer relator to a reformatory or void his sentence and release him from prison—Writ denied, when— Mandamus will not lie to compel an impossible act. (No. 96-1913—Submitted November 12, 1996—Decided January 15, 1997.) Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 68791.…