Case Name: Watmuff v. Perini, Supt., Marion Correctional Institution
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1969-07-30
Citations: 19 Ohio St. 2d 163
Docket Number: No. 69-209
Parties: Watmuff v. Perini, Supt., Marion Correctional Institution.
Judges: Taft, C. J., Matthias, O’Neill, Schneider, Herbert and Duncan, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 19
Pages: 163–163

Head Matter:
Watmuff v. Perini, Supt., Marion Correctional Institution.
(No. 69-209
Decided July 30, 1969.)
Mr. Richard J. Watmuff, in propria persona.
Mr. Paul W. Brown, attorney general, and Mr. James S. Rood, for respondent.
This decision was made after the death of Justice Zimmerman and before the appointment of a successor.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This is an action in habeas corpus originating in this court.
Pursuant to a plea of guilty, petitioner, on March 13, 1963, was sentenced to a term of two to seven years for malicious entry and aggravated assault.
Petitioner does not attack the validity of his conviction or his sentence. His only contention is that his sentence began to run on the day it was imposed rather than some four days later when he was received at the penal institution.
Ordinarily, a sentence begins to run when the convicted person is delivered to the penal institution. 24B Corpus Juris Secundum. 634, Criminal Law, Section 1995(2).
Petitioner remanded to custody.
Taft, C. J., Matthias, O'Neill, Schneider, Herbert and Duncan, JJ., concur.