Case Name: Junius, Appellant, v. Eberlin, Warden, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2009-05-28
Citations: 122 Ohio St. 3d 53
Docket Number: No. 2009-0095
Parties: Junius, Appellant, v. Eberlin, Warden, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 122
Pages: 53–54

Head Matter:
Junius, Appellant, v. Eberlin, Warden, Appellee.
[Cite as Junius v. Eberlin, 122 Ohio St.3d 53, 2009-Ohio-2383.]
(No. 2009-0095
Submitted May 19, 2009
Decided May 28, 2009.)

Opinion:
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 /"), 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.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Robert C. Junius Jr., pro se.
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and Samuel Peterson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.