Curtis v. Wainwright (Slip Opinion)

*357 {¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the Third District Court of Appeals dismissing the petition of appellant, Richard Curtis, for a writ of habeas corpus.

{¶ 2} Curtis, an inmate at Marion Correctional Institution, was convicted in 2009 in Brown County Common Pleas Court of aggravated murder and murder, with each count carrying a gun specification. After merging the offenses for purposes of sentencing, the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 20 years for the aggravated-murder conviction, to be served consecutively to a three-year prison term for the…