State ex rel. Jackson v. McFaul

The court of appeals relied on Hattie v. Anderson, supra, to hold that habeas corpus will not lie to review the actions of the Ohio Adult Parole Authority (“APA”) where the petition does not attack the jurisdiction of the sentencing court. See, also, Stahl v. Shoemaker (1977), 50 Ohio St.2d 351, 4 O.O.3d 485, 364 N.E.2d 286. However, since Hattie, we have held that habeas corpus will lie in certain extraordinary circumstances where there is an unlawful restraint of a person’s liberty, notwithstanding the fact that only nonjurisdictional issues are involved, but only where there is no adequate…