Case Name: The State ex rel. Larson, Appellant, v. Cleveland Public Safety Director, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1996-02-07
Citations: 74 Ohio St. 3d 464
Docket Number: No. 95-1745
Parties: The State ex rel. Larson, Appellant, v. Cleveland Public Safety Director, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Cook, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 74
Pages: 464–465

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. Larson, Appellant, v. Cleveland Public Safety Director, Appellee.
[Cite as State ex rel. Larson v. Cleveland Pub. Safety Director (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 464.]
(No. 95-1745
Submitted November 7, 1995
Decided February 7, 1996.)
Terry Larson, pro se.
Traci M. Hixson, Assistant Director of Law, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We affirm the decision of the court of appeals on authority of State ex rel. Steckman v. Jackson (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 420, 639 N.E.2d 83, paragraph six of the syllabus, which states: "A defendant in a criminal case who has exhausted the direct appeals of her or his conviction may not avail herself or himself of R.C. 149.43 to support a petition for postconviction relief. (State ex rel. Clark v. Toledo [1990], 54 Ohio St.3d 55, 560 N.E.2d 1313, and its progeny, overruled.)"
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Cook, JJ., concur.
Pfeifer, J., dissents.