State ex rel. Kimbrough v. Greene

{¶ 1} In 1999, appellant, William Kimbrough III, was convicted of rape and kidnapping and sentenced to prison. On appeal, the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County affirmed his conviction and sentence. State v. Kimbrough (Aug. 17, 2000), Cuyahoga App. No. 76517, 2000 WL 1195671.

{¶2} In August 2001, Kimbrough filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to R.C. 2953.21. On August 23, 2001, the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas denied the petition. That same month, Kimbrough filed a motion *117for findings of fact and conclusions of law on the denial of the petition for postconviction…