State ex rel. Frazier v. Brigano

{¶ 1} On March 26, 2003, the Court of Appeals for Warren County dismissed the petition of appellant, John Wesley Frazier, for a writ of habeas corpus. Frazier claimed that the acceptance of his guilty plea in a capital case by a single judge rather than a three-judge panel violated R.C. 2945.06 and thereby divested his trial court of jurisdiction and entitled him to the writ. On appeal, we held this cause for a decision in Pratts v. Hurley, Supreme Court case Nos. 2003-0392, 99 Ohio St.3d 1408, 2003-Ohio-2454, 788 N.E.2d 646, and 2003-0560, 99 Ohio St.3d 1406, 2003-Ohio-2454, 788 N.E.2d 644.…