State ex rel. Beaucamp v. Lazaroff

Beaucamp asserts that the court of appeals erred in dismissing his habeas corpus action. He claims that the common pleas court lost jurisdiction to convict him where he did not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waive his constitutional right to be prosecuted by indictment. See Wells v. Sacks (1962), 115 Ohio App. 219, 20 O.O.2d 304, 184 N.E.2d 449.

The manner by which an accused is charged with a crime, whether by indictment returned by a grand jury or by information filed by the prosecuting attorney, is procedural rather than jurisdictional. Wells v. Maxwell (1963), 174 Ohio St. 198,…