State ex rel. Williams v. Turner

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State ex rel. Williams v. Turner, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-2575.] NOTICE This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports. Readers are requested to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or other formal errors in the opinion, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published. SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-2575 STATE EX REL. WILLIAMS, APPELLANT, v. TURNER, WARDEN, APPELLEE. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State ex rel. Williams v. Turner, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-2575.] Court of appeals judgment dismissing petition for writ of habeas corpus affirmed. (No. 2012-0085 Submitted June 6, 2012 Decided June 13, 2012.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Marion County, No. 9-11-56. __________________ Per Curiam. {¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the petition of appellant, Corey J. Williams, for a writ of habeas corpus. [H]abeas corpus is not available to remedy a claim concerning the validity of an amendment to an indictment. Haynes v. Voorhies, 110 Ohio St.3d 243, 2006Ohio-4355, 852 N.E.2d 1198, ¶ 5. Williams s claim of sentencing error is not cognizable in habeas corpus, and he had an adequate remedy in the ordinary SUPREME COURT OF OHIO course of law to raise the issue. See Roberts v. Knab, 131 Ohio St.3d 60, 2012Ohio-56, 960 N.E.2d 457, ¶ 1. Judgment affirmed. O CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O DONNELL, LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. __________________ Corey Williams, pro se. Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and Maura O Neill Jaite, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. ______________________ 2

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