State ex rel. Bragg v. Seidner

In 1989, appellant, John T. Bragg, was convicted of two counts of aggravated murder, kidnapping, aggravated robbery, and various specifications, and was sentenced to prison. On appeal, the court of appeals affirmed Bragg’s convictions and sentence. State v. Bragg (June 27, 1991), Cuyahoga App. No. 58859, unreported, 1991 WL 127135.

In September 1995, Bragg filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to compel his prison warden at the time, appellee Larry Seidner, to release him from custody. Bragg claimed that his trial court lacked jurisdiction to try and sentence him when his indictment had…