Mellott v. Alvis

OPINION

By DUFFY, J.

A twenty-two year old petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that he was illegally sentenced by the courts of Monroe County in 1954, as he was only seventeen years of age at the time and was not processed through the Juvenile Court as the law required. The school records and the 1950 census report indicate that the petitioner was born on December 21, 1936; and the date of conviction was listed as February 24, 1954.

Secs. 2151.25 and 2151.26 R. C., provide the procedure to be followed where a juvenile is charged with an act which could be a felony if…