Case Title: Shie v. Leonard

Citation: 1998-Ohio-318

Docket Number: 19981673

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1998-12-16T00:00:00Z

Document:
SHIE, APPELLANT, v. LEONARD, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Shie v. Leonard (1998), 84 Ohio St.3d 160.] 
Habeas corpus to compel relator’s release from prison — Petition dismissed, 
when. 
(No. 98-1673 — Submitted November 10, 1998 — Decided December 16, 1998.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Allen County, No. 1-98-36. 
 
In January 1993, a grand jury returned an indictment charging appellant, 
David Zion Shie, with two counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual 
imposition.  The charges related to conduct occurring on and after July 1, 1991, 
which was Shie’s eighteenth birthday.  After Shie pled guilty to one count of rape 
and one count of gross sexual imposition, the Wayne County Court of Common 
Pleas convicted him of those offenses and sentenced him to an aggregate prison 
term of seven to twenty-seven years. 
 
In 1998, Shie filed a petition in the court of appeals for a writ of habeas 
corpus to compel his release from prison.  Shie claimed that any rape he 
committed occurred when he was less than eighteen years old and that his trial 
court thus lacked jurisdiction to convict and sentence him for that crime.  Shie also 
contended that he was innocent of rape because he was in the navy during the time 
the offense was claimed to have taken place. Appellee, Allen Correctional 
Institution Warden Michael Leonard, filed an answer. The court of appeals 
dismissed Shie’s petition. 
__________________ 
 
David Zion Shie, pro se. 
 
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Diane Mallory, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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2
 
Per Curiam.  In his propositions of law, Shie asserts that the court of 
appeals erred in dismissing his habeas corpus petition.  In order to withstand 
dismissal, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus must conform to R.C. 2725.04 and 
state with particularity the extraordinary circumstances entitling the petitioner to 
the writ.  McBroom v. Russell (1996), 77 Ohio St.3d 47, 48, 671 N.E.2d 10, 11.  
For the following reasons, Shie’s claims were insufficient to withstand dismissal. 
 
First, as the court of appeals correctly held, the trial court had jurisdiction 
over Shie because he was charged, convicted, and sentenced for offenses that 
occurred when he was an adult.  Shie’s plea of guilty constituted a complete 
admission of the charges for which he was convicted and sentenced.  State ex rel. 
Stern v. Mascio (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 422, 423, 662 N.E.2d 370, 372; Crim.R. 
11(B)(1). 
 
Second, Shie’s claim that the indictment charges were inaccurate because 
the rape count to which he pled guilty actually occurred before the dates specified 
attacks the validity or sufficiency of his indictment and is not cognizable in habeas 
corpus.  Thornton v. Russell (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 93, 94, 694 N.E.2d 464, 465. 
 
Finally, Shie has or had adequate legal remedies such as a petition for 
postconviction relief and motion to withdraw his guilty plea to raise his 
contentions concerning the accuracy of the indictment and his innocence.  Cf. 
State ex rel. Tran v. McGrath (1997), 78 Ohio St.3d 45, 47, 676 N.E.2d 108, 109. 
 
Based on the foregoing, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.