Watkins v. Collins

{¶ 1} This is an action for a writ of habeas corpus to compel the release of 12 petitioners who are currently in prison for violating the terms of their postrelease control.

Sentencing Entries for the Petitioners

Thomas B. Watkins

{¶ 2} On February 27, 1998, the Allen County Court of Common Pleas convicted petitioner Thomas B. Watkins of aggravated robbery (a felony of the first degree) with a firearm specification and sentenced him to an aggregate prison term of seven years. The trial court’s sentencing entry included the following postrelease-control language:

{¶ 3} “The Court has further…