Booker v. Anderson

{¶ 1} In October 1991, appellant, Kenneth Booker, was convicted of multiple counts of rape and gross sexual imposition and sentenced to prison. On appeal, the court of appeals affirmed the trial court judgment. State v. Booker (July 29, 1993), Cuyahoga App. No. 62841, 1993 WL 294799.

{¶ 2} In May 2003, Booker filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for Lorain County for a writ of habeas corpus to compel appellee, Grafton Correctional Institution Warden Carl S. Anderson, to release him from prison. Booker claimed that he was entitled to immediate release from prison because his speedy-trial…