State ex rel. Lockhart v. Sheldon (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} We affirm the Sixth District Court of Appeals’ dismissal of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by appellant, John C. Lockhart Jr. That court correctly held that Lockhart is not entitled to immediate release and is therefore ineligible for habeas corpus relief.

Facts

{¶ 2} In 2006, Lockhart was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of gross sexual imposition (“GSI”), involving a single victim under the age of ten. He was sentenced to life in prison for the rape conviction and four years for each of the three GSI convictions; the sentence for one of the GSI convictions…