State ex rel. Morris v. Brigano

{¶ 1} In 1997, the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas convicted appellant, Kenneth L. Morris, of two counts of rape and one count of kidnapping and sentenced him to prison. The common pleas court also classified Morris as a sexual predator. On appeal, the court of appeals affirmed the judgment. State v. Morris (May 5, 1998), Franklin App. No. 97APA07-897, 1998 WL 226933, appeal not allowed (2001), 93 Ohio St.3d 1426, 755 N.E.2d 351.

{¶ 2} In January 2003, Morris filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for Warren County for a writ of habeas corpus to compel his prison warden, appellee,…