Case Name: The State ex rel. Simpson, Appellant, v. Lazaroff, Warden, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1996-06-05
Citations: 75 Ohio St. 3d 571
Docket Number: No. 96-123
Parties: The State ex rel. Simpson, Appellant, v. Lazaroff, Warden, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 75
Pages: 571–571

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. Simpson, Appellant, v. Lazaroff, Warden, Appellee.
[Cite as State ex rel. Simpson v. Lazaroff (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 571.]
(No. 96-123
Submitted April 15, 1996
Decided June 5, 1996.)
Marcus Simpson, pro se.
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Stuart A. Cole, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Simpson asserts that the court of appeals erred in dismissing his habeas corpus petition. Simpson claims that the sentencing court lacked jurisdiction over him because the indictment on which he was charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced referred to him as "Mark Simpson" when his true name was "Marcus Simpson." As the court of appeals correctly concluded, Simpson merely challenged the sufficiency of the indictment rather than the jurisdiction of the sentencing court. See R.C. 2941.03(C); Crim.R. 7(B); see, also, Lasure v. State (1869), 19 Ohio St. 43, 50 (An indictment serves as an accusation of a person for a crime rather than an accusation of a particular name.).
Habeas corpus is not available to challenge either the validity or sufficiency of an indictment. Luna v. Russell (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 561, 562, 639 N.E.2d 1168, 1169. Simpson possessed an adequate remedy by direct appeal to raise his contentions. Luna, 70 Ohio St.3d at 562, 639 N.E.2d at 1169.
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Stratton, JJ., concur.