State ex rel. Miller v. Leonard

We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. There is no constitutional or inherent right to be released before the expiration of a valid sentence. Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex (1979), 442 U.S. 1, 7, 97 S.Ct. 2100, 2104, 60 L.Ed.2d 668, 675; State ex rel. Hogan v. Ghee (1999), 85 Ohio St.3d 150, 151, 707 N.E.2d 494, 495. As the court of appeals held, nothing in Am.Sub.S.B. No. 2 confers a mandatory right to parole. Finally, the sentencing provisions of Am.Sub.S.B. No. 2 (146 Ohio Laws, Part IV, 7136) do not apply to Miller and other persons convicted and…