Title: Palmer v. Jeffreys

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 
Palmer v. Jeffreys, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-4058.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-4058 
PALMER, APPELLANT, v. JEFFREYS, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Palmer v. Jeffreys, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-4058.] 
Habeas corpus — Failure to attach copy of commitment papers — Adequate 
remedy in ordinary course of law — Writ denied. 
(No. 2011-0639 — Submitted August 8, 2011 — Decided August 17, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Ross County, No. 11CA3220. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, Atropin Palmer, for a writ of habeas corpus to compel his 
release from prison.  As the court of appeals correctly held, Palmer’s petition is 
“fatally defective” and subject to dismissal because he failed to attach a copy of 
his commitment papers.  State ex rel. Jones v. Bradshaw, 123 Ohio St.3d 444, 
2009-Ohio-5586, 917 N.E.2d 268, ¶ 1.  Moreover, habeas corpus “is not available 
to challenge the validity of a charging instrument.”  Shroyer v. Banks, 123 Ohio 
St.3d 88, 2009-Ohio-4080, 914 N.E.2d 368, ¶ 1.  Palmer had adequate remedies 
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in the ordinary course of law to raise his defective-indictment claim.  Howard v. 
Randle, 95 Ohio St.3d 281, 2002-Ohio-2122, 767 N.E.2d 268, ¶ 6.  We also deny 
Palmer’s motion to strike appellee’s brief. 
Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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Atropin Palmer, pro se. 
 
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and Stephanie Watson, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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