Title: State ex rel. Norris v. Boggins

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[THE STATE EX REL.] NORRIS, APPELLANT, V. BOGGINS, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State ex rel. Norris v. Boggins (1997), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Mandamus to compel common pleas judge to vacate a nunc pro tunc sentencing 
entry and discharge relator from custody — Writ denied, when. 
 
(No. 97-223 — Submitted October 7, 1997 — Decided November 19, 
1997.) 
 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Stark County, No. 1997CA00004. 
 
Appellant, Robert Lee Norris, filed a complaint in the Court of Appeals for 
Stark County seeking a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, Stark County 
Common Pleas Court Judge John Boggins, to vacate a nunc pro tunc sentencing 
entry and to discharge him from custody.  The court of appeals denied the writ. 
 
The cause is now before this court upon an appeal as of right. 
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Robert Lee Norris, pro se. 
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Per Curiam.  Norris asserts that the court of appeals erred by denying the 
writ.  Norris’s claim, however, is meritless for the following reasons. 
 
First, habeas corpus, rather than mandamus, is the appropriate action for 
persons claiming entitlement to immediate release from prison.  State ex rel. 
Lemmon v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. (1997), 78 Ohio St.3d 186, 188, 677 N.E.2d 
347, 349.  Second, Norris has or had adequate legal remedies by an appeal or 
petition for postconviction relief to challenge any sentencing error.  State ex rel. 
Massie v. Rogers (1997), 77 Ohio St.3d 449, 450, 674 N.E.2d 1383, 1383. 
 
Based on the foregoing, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
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MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.