Case Title: Cammon v. Brigano

Citation: 2004-Ohio-316

Docket Number: 20031520

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2004-02-11T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as Cammon v. Brigano, 101 Ohio St.3d 133, 2004-Ohio-316.] 
 
 
CAMMON, APPELLANT, v. BRIGANO, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Cammon v. Brigano, 101 Ohio St.3d 133, 2004-Ohio-316.] 
Habeas corpus sought to compel relator’s release from prison — Court of 
appeals’ dismissal of petition affirmed. 
(No. 2003-1520 — Submitted January 14, 2004 — Decided February 11, 2004.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Warren County, No. CA2003-04-052. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶1} 
In November 2000, appellant, Donte Lamont Cammon, was 
convicted of four counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of felonious assault, 
and various specifications, and was sentenced to prison. 
{¶2} 
In April 2003, Cammon filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for 
Warren County for a writ of habeas corpus to compel appellee, Lebanon 
Correctional Institution Warden Anthony Brigano, to release him from prison.  
Cammon claimed that he was entitled to the writ because of (1) defective jury 
verdict forms, (2) a judgment entry of conviction that had an unsigned second 
page, (3) improper jury instructions, (4) a racially discriminatory jury-selection 
process, (5) the erroneous admission of “other acts” evidence, and (6) a double-
jeopardy violation based on the imposition of multiple sentences for the same 
conduct. Brigano moved to dismiss Cammon’s petition. 
{¶3} 
On August 6, 2003, the court of appeals granted Brigano’s motion 
and dismissed the petition. 
{¶4} 
We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.  Cammon’s claims 
are not cognizable in habeas corpus.  See Smith v. Mitchell (1998), 80 Ohio St.3d 
624, 625, 687 N.E.2d 749 (jury instructions and verdict forms); In re Coleman, 95 
Ohio St.3d 284, 2002-Ohio-1804, 767 N.E.2d 677, ¶ 3-4 (discrimination in jury 
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selection);  Davie v. Edwards (1997), 80 Ohio St.3d 170, 170-171, 685 N.E.2d 
228 (admissibility of evidence); Thomas v. Huffman (1998), 84 Ohio St.3d 266, 
267, 703 N.E.2d 315 (double jeopardy); Howard v. Randle, 95 Ohio St.3d 281, 
2002-Ohio-2122, 767 N.E.2d 268, ¶ 6 (sentencing errors).  Moreover, nothing in 
Crim.R. 32(C) requires a trial court judge to sign all pages of a multiple-page 
judgment entry. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR and O’DONNELL, JJ., concur. 
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Donte Lamont Cammon, pro se. 
 
Jim Petro, Attorney General, and Gregory T. Hartke, Assistant Attorney 
General, for appellee.