Case Name: The State, ex rel. Murphy, Appellant, v. Shoemaker, Chief, et al., Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1981-04-22
Citations: 66 Ohio St. 2d 66
Docket Number: No. 80-1551
Parties: The State, ex rel. Murphy, Appellant, v. Shoemaker, Chief, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, P. Brown, Sweeney, Locher, Holmes and C. Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 66
Pages: 66–67

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Murphy, Appellant, v. Shoemaker, Chief, et al., Appellees.
(No. 80-1551
Decided April 22, 1981.)
Messrs. Mancino, Mancino & Mancino and Mr. Paul Mancino, Jr., for appellant.
Mr. William J. Brown, attorney general, and Ms. Lianne L. Santellani, for appellees.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We recognize that there is no absolute bar
to increasing the sentence of a defendant upon retrial, Gully v. Kunzman (C.A. 6, 1979), 592 F. 2d 283. Also, we are aware that the Equal Protection Clause does not prevent the imposition of a more severe sentence upon the second trial of a defendant. North Carolina v. Pearce (1969), 395 U. S. 711. However, the imposition of a second and heavier sentence upon second trial will not comport with the defendant's con stitutional rights, if there is shown to be any element of vindictiveness in imposing the increased sentence. Pearce, supra.
As in all cases seeking extraordinary relief by way of mandamus, the relator must show that he has a clear legal right to the relief prayed for, that respondents are under a clear legal duty to perform the acts, and that relator has no plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law. State, ex rel. Harris, v. Rhodes (1978), 54 Ohio St. 2d 41.
There appears to be no clear legal right here for a writ to be issued against the Adult Parole Authority and its chief. We do not, however, express an opinion on the merits of the appellant's claims in that hé has an adequate remedy at law by way of post-conviction relief, per R. C. 2953.21, in which to present such claims.
For the foregoing reason, the judgment of the Court of Appeals denying the writ is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, P. Brown, Sweeney, Locher, Holmes and C. Brown, JJ., concur.