Manns v. Gansheimer, 2007-A-0017 (8-17-2007)

PER CURIUM OPINION

{¶ 1} This action is currently before this court for consideration of a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner, Michael Manns. Respondents, Rich Gansheimer, Warden of the Lake Erie Correctional Institution, and Terry Collins, Director of the Lake Erie Correctional Institution, have filed a motion for summary judgment.

{¶ 2} In 1977, petitioner was convicted of ten counts of aggravated robbery, ten counts of kidnapping, and one count of aggravated murder. The convictions related to crimes committed during a paint store robbery in Cuyahoga County. Petitioner…