State ex rel. Carter v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth.

2000 Ohio 226, 89 Ohio St. 3d 496

Opinion

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 89 Ohio St.3d 496.]

THE STATE EX REL. CARTER, APPELLANT, v. OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, APPELLEE.

[Cite as State ex rel. Carter v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 2000-Ohio-226.]

Judgment of court of appeals affirmed.

(No. 99-2108—Submitted April 26, 2000—Decided August 30, 2000.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 99AP-235.

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Paul Mancino, Jr., for appellant. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Jihad M. Smaili, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

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{¶ 1} Appellant had adequate legal remedies to raise his claims. Moreover, habeas corpus, not mandamus, is the proper action to seek release from prison. See State ex rel. Milner v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. (2000), 87 Ohio St.3d 567, 568, 722 N.E.2d 72. Accordingly, the judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed.

MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.

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