Case Title: State ex rel. Johnson v. Pineda

Citation: 2010-Ohio-4387

Docket Number: 20101116

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Johnson v. Pineda, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4387.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-4387 
THE STATE EX REL. JOHNSON, APPELLANT, v. PINEDA, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Johnson v. Pineda,  
Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4387.] 
Criminal procedure — Habeas corpus petition dismissed on basis of res judicata. 
(No. 2010-1116 — Submitted September 15, 2010 — Decided  
September 22, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hocking County, No. 10CA1. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, John A. Johnson, for a writ of habeas corpus.  Res judicata 
bars Johnson from filing a successive habeas corpus petition insofar as he raises 
claims that he either raised or could have raised in his previous petitions.  Keith v. 
Kelley, 125 Ohio St.3d 161, 2010-Ohio-1807, 926 N.E.2d 646, ¶ 1; State ex rel. 
Johnson v. Hudson, 118 Ohio St.3d 308, 2008-Ohio-2451, 888 N.E.2d 1090; 
Johnson v. Mitchell (1999), 85 Ohio St.3d 123, 707 N.E.2d 471.  Res judicata “is 
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applicable to successive habeas corpus petitions because habeas corpus petitioners 
have the right to appeal adverse judgments in habeas corpus cases.”  State ex rel. 
Childs v. Lazaroff (2001), 90 Ohio St.3d 519, 520, 739 N.E.2d 802; see generally 
McCleskey v. Zant (1991), 499 U.S. 467, 479-489, 111 S.Ct. 1454, 113 L.Ed.2d 
517. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
BROWN, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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John A. Johnson, pro se. 
 
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and Diane Mallory, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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