State ex rel. Carroll v. Corrigan

In 1991, appellant, Daniel Carroll, was convicted of cocaine possession, carrying a concealed weapon, and having a weapon while under disability, with various accompanying specifications, and he was sentenced to prison. On appeal, the court of appeals affirmed the judgment. See State v. Carroll (June 10, 1993), Cuyahoga App. No. 62747, unreported, 1993 WL 204587; see, also, State v. Carroll (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 87, 647 N.E.2d 784, where we affirmed the denial of Carroll’s application to reopen the appeal.

In October 1993, Carroll filed a petition for postconviction relief, which the common…