Harris v. Anderson

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment denying a second motion for relief from a judgment dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

{¶ 2} In 1988, appellant, William O. Harris, was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to a prison term of 20 years to life. In October 2004, Harris filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for Lorain County for a writ of habeas corpus to compel appellees, his prison warden and the Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, to release him from prison. On March 4, 2005, the court of appeals dismissed the petition because of…