Title: State ex rel. Carter v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as State ex rel. Carter v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 89 Ohio St.3d 496, 2000-Ohio-226.] 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE STATE EX REL. CARTER, APPELLANT, v. OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, 
APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State ex rel. Carter v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 496.] 
Judgment of court of appeals affirmed. 
(No. 99-2108 — Submitted April 26, 2000 — Decided August 30, 2000.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 99AP-235. 
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Paul Mancino, Jr., for appellant. 
 
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Jihad M. Smaili, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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Appellant had adequate legal remedies to raise his claims.  Moreover, habeas 
corpus, not mandamus, is the proper action to seek release from prison.  See State 
ex rel. Milner v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. (2000), 87 Ohio St.3d 567, 568, 722 
N.E.2d 72.  Accordingly, the judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.