Horton v. Collins

Cacioppo, Judge.

This appeal arises from the trial court’s dismissal of appellant’s pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

In 1989, a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court sentenced petitioner-appellant, William Horton, to serve one and one-half to five years’ imprisonment for a drug abuse conviction. Thereafter, the court released Horton on parole. On New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1990, Horton assaulted a woman. The Adult Parole Authority (“APA”) became aware of this incident, and filed a detainer against Horton with the Cuyahoga County Sheriffs Office on January 14, 1991. On the same day,…