Title: Hillman v. Bunting

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Hillman v. Bunting, Slip Opinion No. 2014-Ohio-5197.] 
 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2014-OHIO-5197 
HILLMAN, APPELLANT, v. BUNTING, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Hillman v. Bunting, Slip Opinion No. 2014-Ohio-5197.] 
Habeas corpus—Sentencing entry not invalid—Writ denied. 
(No. 2014-0117—Submitted November 18, 2014—Decided November 25, 2014.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Marion County, No. 9-13-53. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} Appellant, Dallas Hillman, appeals the dismissal of his petition for 
habeas corpus.  Hillman claims that because the trial court allowed him to 
withdraw his guilty plea after he had been convicted and sentenced based upon 
that plea, there is no longer a valid judgment of conviction.  However, the May 
23, 2012 judgment granting Hillman’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea was 
subsequently vacated by the court of appeals in State v. Hillman, 9th Dist. Wayne 
No. 12CA0028, 2013-Ohio-982.  We denied review of that decision. 136 Ohio 
St.3d 1561, 2013-Ohio-4861, 996 N.E.2d 987. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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{¶ 2} Therefore, the original journal entry sentencing Hillman for his 
drug offenses is still valid.  We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. 
Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, KENNEDY, 
FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ., concur. 
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Dallas Hillman, pro se. 
 
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and Stephanie Watson, Principal 
Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. 
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