State ex rel. Shackleford v. Moore

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because the appellant had an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law to raise his claim, we affirm.

{¶ 2} In 2000, the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas convicted appellant, Phillip G. Shackleford, of two counts of rape and accompanying firearm specifications and sentenced him to an aggregate prison term of 23 years. On appeal, the court of appeals affirmed. State v. Shackleford (May 4, 2001), Montgomery App. No. 18297, 2001 WL 468415. We did not accept Shackelford’s further appeal for…