Jefferson v. Bunting (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} Appellant, Sell Jefferson, appeals from the judgment of the Third District Court of Appeals dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on res judicata. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Facts

{¶ 2} Because the court of appeals decided this case on appellee Warden Jason Bunting’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, our review of the judgment must begin by assuming that the allegations in Jefferson’s petition are true. In May 1975, Jefferson was convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to a prison term of 7 to 25 years. State v. Jefferson,…