Wooton v. Brunsman

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

{¶ 2} On June 22, 2006, Ronald L. Wooton, an inmate at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to compel his immediate release from prison. Wooton claimed that his 1997 conviction and sentence for felonious sexual penetration is void because before he was indicted, the pertinent statute was repealed. Wooton also alleged that his defense counsel cooperated in forcing him to plead guilty to a lesser offense. Wooton failed to attach a copy of his…