Title: State ex rel. Smith v. Cuyahoga Cty. Sheriff's Dept.

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 
State ex rel. Smith v. Cuyahoga Cty. Sheriff’s Dept. Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4389.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-4389 
THE STATE EX REL. SMITH, APPELLANT, v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY 
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ET AL., APPELLEES. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Smith v. Cuyahoga Cty. Sheriff’s Dept., Slip 
Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4389.] 
Habeas corpus — Adequate remedy at law by way of appeal — Res judicata bars 
action — Judgment affirmed. 
(No. 2010-0906 — Submitted September 15, 2010 — Decided  
September 22, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 94626, 2010-Ohio-1763. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying the request 
of appellant, Gregory Smith,1 for a writ of habeas corpus to compel his release 
                                                 
1.  Although Smith claims that his last name is now DeDonno, the Ohio Department of 
Rehabilitation and Correction still lists his last name as Smith.   
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
2 
 
from confinement.  Smith has an adequate remedy by way of appeal to raise his 
jurisdictional claim concerning his resentencing.  See Patterson v. Ohio Adult 
Parole Auth., 120 Ohio St.3d 311, 2008-Ohio-6147, 898 N.E.2d 950, ¶ 8; State ex 
rel. Pruitt v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 125 Ohio St.3d 402, 2010-
Ohio-1808, 928 N.E.2d 722, ¶ 4.  Moreover, res judicata bars Smith from filing a 
successive habeas corpus action to raise a claim that he could have raised in his 
previous action.  [Smith] DeDonno v. Bradshaw, 124 Ohio St.3d 1413, 2009-
Ohio-6816, 919 N.E.2d 213; Keith v. Kelly, 125 Ohio St.3d 161, 2010-Ohio-1807, 
926 N.E.2d 646, ¶ 1. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
BROWN, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Gregory Smith, pro se. 
 
William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and James E. 
Moss, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellees. 
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