State v. Ashworth

710 N.E.2d 718, 85 Ohio St. 3d 1500, 1999 Ohio LEXIS 1776

Opinion

Licking C.P. No. 96CR356. Upon consideration of the motion filed by counsel for appellant to stay execution in the above-styled cause pending the exhaustion of state post-conviction remedies, and it appearing from the exhibits to the motion that a petition for post-conviction relief was filed by appellant with the Licking County Common Pleas Court and is now on appeal in the Licking County Court of Appeals,

IT IS ORDERED by the court that said motion be, and the same is hereby, granted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED by the court that execution of sentence be, and the same is hereby, stayed, pending the exhaustion of all proceedings for post-conviction relief before courts of this state, including any appeals.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that counsel for the appellant and for the appellee shall notify this court when all proceedings for post-conviction relief before courts of this state have been exhausted.