Title: Pishok v. Kelly

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Pishok v. Kelly, 122 Ohio St.3d 292, 2009-Ohio-3452.] 
 
 
PISHOK, APPELLANT, v. KELLY, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Pishok v. Kelly, 122 Ohio St.3d 292, 2009-Ohio-3452.] 
Appeal from dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus — Habeas corpus 
not available to remedy claim concerning validity or sufficiency of an 
indictment — Judgment affirmed. 
(No. 2009-0342 — Submitted July 14, 2009 — Decided July 21, 2009.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Trumbull County, 
No. 2008-T-0093, 2009-Ohio-287. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition for a writ of habeas corpus of appellant, David J. Pishok.  Habeas corpus 
is not available to challenge the validity or sufficiency of a charging instrument.  
McCuller v. Hudson, 121 Ohio St.3d 168, 2009-Ohio-721, 902 N.E.2d 979, ¶ 1.  
Following Pishok’s conviction and sentence for crimes charged in the indictment, 
the judgment bound him, and he had an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of 
law by appeal to raise his claim that the indictment was defective.  Monroe v. 
Jackson, 119 Ohio St.3d 344, 2008-Ohio-4480, 894 N.E.2d 43, ¶ 4. 
Judgment affirmed. 
MOYER, C.J., and PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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David J. Pishok, pro se. 
 
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and M. Scott Criss, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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