Title: Brown v. Leonard

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Brown v. Leonard, 86 Ohio St.3d 593, 1999-Ohio-214.] 
 
 
 
 
 
BROWN, APPELLANT, v. LEONARD, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Brown v. Leonard (1999), 86 Ohio St.3d 593.] 
Habeas corpus sought to effect relator’s immediate release from prison — 
Dismissal of petition affirmed. 
(No. 99-916 — Submitted August 25, 1999 — Decided September 29, 1999.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Allen County, No. 1-99-20. 
 
In March 1999, appellant, Lawrence Brown, filed a petition in the Court of 
Appeals for Allen County for a writ of habeas corpus to compel his immediate 
release from prison.  Brown claimed that he was entitled to the writ because at his 
criminal trial, he had been denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial and his 
trial court had erroneously enhanced his sentence by use of an improper 
specification.  The court of appeals dismissed Brown’s petition. 
 
This cause is now before the court upon an appeal as of right. 
__________________ 
 
Lawrence Brown, pro se. 
 
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Michele M. Schoeppe, 
Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. 
__________________ 
 
Per Curiam.  We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals for the reasons 
stated in its opinion.  Neither a claimed violation of the right to a speedy trial nor a 
mere sentencing error is cognizable in habeas corpus.  Russell v. Mitchell (1999), 
84 Ohio St.3d 328, 329, 703 N.E.2d 1249, 1249-1250; Heddleston v. Mack (1998), 
84 Ohio St.3d 213, 702 N.E.2d 1198.  Further, Brown waived the additional claims 
he raises in this appeal, e.g., ineffective assistance of counsel, by failing to raise 
them below, and such claims are also not cognizable in habeas corpus.  State ex 
rel. Porter v. Cleveland Dept. of Pub. Safety (1998), 84 Ohio St.3d 258, 259, 703 
 
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N.E.2d 308, 309; Thomas v. Huffman (1998), 84 Ohio St.3d 266, 267, 703 N.E.2d 
315, 315-316. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.