Title: Junius v. Eberlin

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Junius v. Eberlin, 122 Ohio St.3d 53, 2009-Ohio-2383.] 
 
 
JUNIUS, APPELLANT, v. EBERLIN, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Junius v. Eberlin, 122 Ohio St.3d 53, 2009-Ohio-2383.] 
Appeal from dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus – Habeas corpus 
not available to remedy claim concerning validity of an indictment – 
Judgment affirmed. 
(No. 2009-0095 ─ Submitted May 19, 2009 ─ Decided May 28, 2009.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Belmont County, 
No. 08 BE 27, 2008-Ohio-6441. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, Robert C. Junius Jr., for a writ of habeas corpus to compel 
his release from prison.  Habeas corpus is not available to remedy claims 
concerning the validity of an indictment.  State ex rel. Tarr v. Williams, 112 Ohio 
St.3d 51, 2006-Ohio-6368, 857 N.E.2d 1225, ¶ 4.  Moreover, Junius’s reliance on 
State v. Colon, 118 Ohio St.3d 26, 2008-Ohio-1624, 885 N.E.2d 917 (“Colon I”), 
is misplaced, because our holding in that case “is prospective in nature and 
applies only to those cases pending on the date Colon I was announced.”  State v. 
Colon, 119 Ohio St.3d 204, 2008-Ohio-3749, 893 N.E.2d 169, ¶ 5.  Insofar as 
Junius claims that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel, that claim is 
not cognizable in habeas corpus.  Casey v. Hudson, 113 Ohio St.3d 166, 2007-
Ohio-1257, 863 N.E.2d 171, ¶ 3.  Finally, Junius had adequate legal remedies to 
raise his claim of actual innocence.  See Shie v. Leonard (1998), 84 Ohio St.3d 
160, 161, 702 N.E.2d 419. 
Judgment affirmed. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Robert C. Junius Jr., pro se. 
 
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and Samuel Peterson, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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