MELLING v. STRALKA

No. 83-1306.

12 Ohio St. 3d 105 (1984)

MELLING, APPELLEE, v. STRALKA, JUDGE, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gold, Rotatori, Schwartz & Gibbons Co., L.P.A., and Mr. Niki Z. Schwartz, for appellee.

Judge Kenneth R. Stralka, pro se.


Per Curiam.

The determinative issue before the court in the instant case is whether a municipal court judge has the authority to issue an order prohibiting all city solicitors, law directors, municipal and county prosecutors, and the assistants thereof, from representing defendants in criminal matters pending before his court. We find that he does not have this authority.

Section 2(B)(1), Article IV of the Ohio Constitution provides:

"The supreme...

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