State ex rel. Jackson v. Sloan (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} Appellant, Theodore Jackson, appeals from the judgment of the Eleventh District Court of Appeals dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because he failed to file all required commitment papers contemporaneously with his habeas petition, we affirm.

Relevant Background

{¶ 2} Jackson is currently incarcerated at the Lake Erie Correctional Institution serving several sentences for multiple felony convictions in Cuyahoga County. In 1978, he entered guilty pleas in two separate cases: in one case, he was sentenced to an indefinite prison term of one to five years for one count of…