Opinion
No. 2012–1747.
2013-02-14
SMITH, Appellant, v. JOHNSON, Warden, Appellee.
Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Madison County, No. CA2012–08–018. James Smith, pro se. Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and William H. Lamb, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Madison County, No. CA2012–08–018.
James Smith, pro se. Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and William H. Lamb, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
[Ohio St.3d 250]{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals granting the motion of appellee, Madison Correctional Institution Warden Rod B. Johnson, and dismissing the petition of appellant, James Smith, for a writ of habeas corpus. Smith's claims of a speedy-trial violation and a defective jury-verdict form are not cognizable in habeas corpus, and he had an adequate remedy by appeal to raise them. See State ex rel. Hart v. Turner, 132 Ohio St.3d 479, 2012-Ohio-3305, 974 N.E.2d 87;[Ohio St.3d 251]State ex rel. Harsh v. Sheets, 132 Ohio St.3d 198, 2012-Ohio-2368, 970 N.E.2d 926, ¶ 3;Smith v. Smith, 123 Ohio St.3d 145, 2009-Ohio-4691, 914 N.E.2d 1036.
Judgment affirmed.