State ex rel. Maurer v. Sheward

*517 Per Curiam.

Case No. 93-1165 requires this court to decide three issues: (1) Does Section 11, Article III of the Ohio Constitution authorize the General Assembly to prescribe procedural prerequisites to the exercise of the Governor’s clemency power? (2) If so, does the General Assembly have the authority to prescribe procedural prerequisites for commutations as well as pardons? and (3) Has the General Assembly in fact imposed procedural prerequisites upon the Governor’s clemency power?

We will address case No. 92-1350, which raises issues also implicated by case No. 93-1165, in Part IV of this…