Case Name: Smith, Appellant, v. Warren, Judge, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2000-08-16
Citations: 89 Ohio St. 3d 467
Docket Number: No. 00-429
Parties: Smith, Appellant, v. Warren, Judge, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 89
Pages: 467–468

Head Matter:
Smith, Appellant, v. Warren, Judge, Appellee.
[Cite as Smith v. Warren (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 467.]
(No. 00-429
Submitted June 6, 2000
Decided August 16, 2000.)
Tobe Smith, pro se.
Jana E. Gutman, Allen County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Smith asserts that the court of appeals erred in dismissing his prohibition action. Smith's assertion is meritless.
Prohibition will not issue if relator has an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. State ex rel. Kreps v. Christiansen (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 313, 316, 725 N.E.2d 663, 667. Appeal, not prohibition, is the remedy for the correction of errors or irregularities of a court having proper jurisdiction. State ex rel. Jackson v. Miller (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 541, 543, 700 N.E.2d 1273, 1275. Smith's assertion of sentencing error is nonjurisdictional, and he had an adequate remedy by appeal to raise this issue. Smith v. Walker (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 431, 432, 700 N.E.2d 592. Therefore, he was not entitled to the requested extraordinary relief in prohibition.
Based on the foregoing, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.