Case Name: Smith, Appellant, v. Johnson, Warden, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2013-02-14
Citations: 135 Ohio St. 3d 250
Docket Number: No. 2012-1747
Parties: Smith, Appellant, v. Johnson, Warden, Appellee.
Judges: O’Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, Kennedy, French, and O’Neill, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 135
Pages: 250–251

Head Matter:
Smith, Appellant, v. Johnson, Warden, Appellee.
[Cite as Smith v. Johnson, 135 Ohio St.3d 250, 2013-0hio-403.]
(No. 2012-1747
Submitted February 6, 2013
Decided February 14, 2013.)

Opinion:
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.
James Smith, pro se.
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and William H. Lamb, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Judgment affirmed.
O'Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, Kennedy, French, and O'Neill, JJ., concur.