Case Title: State ex rel. Bevins v. Johnson

Citation: 2012-Ohio-3922

Docket Number: 2012-0586

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Bevins v. Johnson, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-3922.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-3922 
THE STATE EX REL. BEVINS, APPELLANT, v. JOHNSON, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets,  
it may be cited as State ex rel. Bevins v. Johnson,  
Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-3922.] 
Habeas corpus—Failure to state a viable claim—Adequate remedy at law 
available—Court of appeals’ dismissal of petition affirmed. 
(No. 2012-0586—Submitted August 22, 2012—Decided September 5, 2012.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Madison County, No. CA2012-01-005. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, Andrew Bevins Jr., for a writ of habeas corpus.  Bevins’s 
claims are not cognizable in habeas corpus.  Boles v. Knab, 130 Ohio St.3d 339, 
2011-Ohio-5049, 958 N.E.2d 554, ¶ 1 (speedy trial); Thomas v. Huffman, 84 Ohio 
St.3d 266, 267, 703 N.E.2d 315 (1998) (equal protection); Bellman v. Jago, 38 
Ohio St.3d 55, 55-56, 526 N.E.2d 308 (1988) (due process).  Bevins had an 
adequate remedy by appeal to raise his claims. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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Andrew Bevins Jr. 
 
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and Hilda Rosenberg, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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