Title: Mitchell v. Smith

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Mitchell v. Smith, 120 Ohio St.3d 278, 2008-Ohio-6108.] 
 
 
MITCHELL, APPELLANT, v. SMITH, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Mitchell v. Smith, 120 Ohio St.3d 278, 2008-Ohio-6108.] 
Habeas corpus is not a remedy for violation of Crim.R. 32(C). 
(No. 2008-1521─Submitted November 19, 2008─Decided December 2, 2008.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Marion County, No. 9-08-16. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, Ervin L. Mitchell, for a writ of habeas corpus because a 
claimed violation of Crim.R. 32(C) does not entitle an inmate to immediate 
release from prison.  Instead, if a violation is established, “the appropriate remedy 
is resentencing instead of outright release.”  McAllister v. Smith, 119 Ohio St.3d 
163, 2008-Ohio-3881, 892 N.E.2d 914, ¶ 9.1 
Judgment affirmed. 
MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O'DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Ervin L. Mitchell, pro se. 
 
Nancy Hardin Rogers, Attorney General, and William H. Lamb, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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1.  We deny Mitchell’s motion for oral argument.