Keith v. Bobby

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a habeas corpus petition. Because the petition fails to state a viable habeas corpus claim, we affirm.

{¶ 2} In 1995, Judge Daniel Gaul of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas convicted appellant, Jeffrey C. Keith, upon a jury verdict, of five counts of arson and one count of grand theft of a motor vehicle and sentenced him to an aggregate prison term of 15 to 25 years. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment. State v. Keith (Mar. 13, 1997), Cuyahoga App. No. 69267, 1997 WL 113755.

{¶ 3} In 1997, Judge Joseph E. Cirigliano of the…