Pollock v. Morris

R.C. 2725.05 provides, in pertinent part, that:

“If it appears that a person alleged to be restrained of his liberty is in the custody of an officer under process issued by a court or magistrate, or by virtue of the judgment or order of a court of record, and that the court or magistrate had jurisdiction to issue the process, render the judgment, or make the order, the writ of habeas corpus shall not be allowed. * * *”

Appellant maintains that he is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus inasmuch as no other legal remedy is available to him. He asserts that he was incompetent at the time he…