State v. Holcomb

{¶ 1} In 2000, as part of a plea agreement, Daniel Holcomb pleaded guilty to three felonies, and the trial court sentenced him to 13 years in prison. In 2008, Holcomb moved the trial court to “correct sentencing,” arguing that it had failed to include mandatory postrelease control as part of his sentence, thereby rendering the sentence void. The trial court held that Holcomb’s motion was, in substance, an untimely and successive petition for postconviction relief and, accordingly, dismissed it. This court reverses.

{¶ 2} Since his guilty plea, Holcomb has filed a number of motions with this…