Title: State ex rel. Parker v. Tate

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as State ex rel. Parker v. Tate, 86 Ohio St.3d 625, 1999-Ohio-129.] 
 
 
 
 
 
THE STATE EX REL. PARKER, APPELLANT, v. TATE, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State ex rel. Parker v. Tate (1999), 86 Ohio St.3d 625.] 
Habeas corpus to compel relator’s release from prison — Dismissal of petition 
affirmed, when. 
(No. 99-786 — Submitted August 25, 1999 — Decided September 29, 1999.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Belmont County, No. 98-BA-45. 
 
In 1988, appellant, Timothy Parker, was convicted of aggravated burglary, 
attempted aggravated burglary, and robbery, and sentenced to prison.  In 1993, he 
was released on parole and subsequently arrested on new criminal charges, but was 
acquitted in February 1994.  In November 1994, after holding a revocation hearing, 
the Ohio Parole Board revoked Parker’s parole. 
 
In 1998, Parker filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for Belmont County 
for a writ of habeas corpus to compel appellee, Belmont Correctional Institution 
Warden Arthur Tate, to release him from prison.  Parker claimed that he was 
entitled to the writ because of the Parole Board’s unreasonable nine-month delay in 
conducting his parole revocation hearing and the removal of all factual support for 
the revocation due to his acquittal on the new criminal charges.  Appellee filed a 
motion to dismiss, which referenced attached exhibits.  In 1999, the court of 
appeals granted the motion and dismissed the petition.  The court of appeals relied 
in part on the exhibits attached to appellee’s dismissal motion. 
 
This cause is now before the court upon an appeal as of right. 
__________________ 
 
Timothy Parker, pro se. 
 
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Diane D. Mallory, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
__________________ 
 
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Per Curiam.  We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.  Parker failed 
to allege sufficient facts supporting his claims to withstand dismissal.  See State ex 
rel. Jackson v. McFaul (1995), 73 Ohio St.3d 185, 188, 652 N.E.2d 746, 748-749; 
State ex rel. Carrion v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. (1998), 80 Ohio St.3d 637, 638, 
687 N.E.2d 759, 760.  Parker instead relied on conclusory allegations that his 
“defense was hurt by the many delays” and that his acquittal “removed all factual 
support” for his revocation.  Jackson and Carrion.  In fact, the attachments to 
Parker’s own petition establish that one of his charged parole violations was his 
failure to notify his parole officer of his arrest on the new criminal charges.  
Consequently, it is evident that acquittal on those charges did not remove all 
factual support for his parole revocation.1 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. 
FOOTNOTE: 
1. 
Although the court of appeals erred in relying in part on materials attached 
to appellee’s dismissal motion in making its determination, State ex rel. Freeman 
v. Morris (1991), 62 Ohio St.3d 107, 109, 579 N.E.2d 702, 703, this error does not 
warrant reversal.  See Johnson v. Ohio Parole Bd. (1997), 80 Ohio St.3d 140, 141, 
684 N.E.2d 1227, 1227-1228.