Case Title: Hughley v. Saunders

Citation: 2009-Ohio-5585

Docket Number: 20091228

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Hughley v. Saunders, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5585.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2009-OHIO-5585 
HUGHLEY, APPELLANT, v. SAUNDERS, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Hughley v. Saunders, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5585.] 
Habeas corpus — Adequate remedy exists for raising claim of sentencing error — 
Court of appeals’ dismissal of petition affirmed. 
(No. 2009-1228 — Submitted October 20, 2009 — Decided October 28, 2009.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Fairfield County, No. 09-CA-18,  
2009-Ohio-4912. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying the 
petition of appellant, Kevin Hughley, for a writ of habeas corpus.  Hughley had an 
adequate remedy by appeal to raise any error by the trial court in calculating his 
jail-time credit.  State ex rel. Rudolph v. Horton, 119 Ohio St.3d 350, 2008-Ohio-
4476, 894 N.E.2d 49, ¶ 3.  Moreover, because he attacks only one of his 
sentences, he is not entitled to the writ.  “ ‘Where a petitioner is incarcerated for 
several crimes, the fact that the sentencing court may have lacked jurisdiction to 
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sentence him on one of the crimes does not warrant his release in habeas corpus.’”  
Keith v. Bobby, 117 Ohio St.3d 470, 2008-Ohio-1443, 884 N.E.2d 1067, ¶ 13, 
quoting Swiger v. Seidner (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 685, 687, 660 N.E.2d 1214. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., and LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
PFEIFER, J., concurs in judgment only. 
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Kevin Hughley, pro se. 
 
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and M. Scott Criss, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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