Title: Smith v. Johnson

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 
Smith v. Johnson, Slip Opinion No. 2013-Ohio-403.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2013-OHIO-403 
SMITH, APPELLANT, v. JOHNSON, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Smith v. Johnson, Slip Opinion No. 2013-Ohio-403.] 
Habeas corpus—Adequate remedy in ordinary course of law—Writ denied. 
(No. 2012-1747—Submitted February 6, 2013—Decided February 14, 2013.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Madison County, No. CA2012-08-018. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals granting the motion 
of appellee, Madison Correctional Institution Warden Rod B. Johnson, and 
dismissing the petition of appellant, James Smith, for a writ of habeas corpus.  
Smith’s claims of a speedy-trial violation and a defective jury-verdict form are not 
cognizable in habeas corpus, and he had an adequate remedy by appeal to raise 
them.  See State ex rel. Hart v. Turner, 132 Ohio St.3d 479, 2012-Ohio-3305, 974 
N.E.2d 87; State ex rel. Harsh v. Sheets, 132 Ohio St.3d 198, 2012-Ohio-2368, 
970 N.E.2d 926, ¶ 3; Smith v. Smith, 123 Ohio St.3d 145, 2009-Ohio-4691, 914 
N.E.2d 1036. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, KENNEDY, 
FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ., concur. 
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James Smith, pro se. 
 
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and William H. Lamb, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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