State ex rel. Johnson v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction

In August 2001, appellant, Gregory D. Johnson, filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for Scioto County for a writ of habeas corpus or a writ of mandamus. Johnson claimed that in March 1989, he was convicted of felonious assault and sentenced to a term of four to fifteen years in prison. In March 1997, *71a decision review panel of appellee Ohio Parole Board decided to continue Johnson’s incarceration to the maximum expiration of his sentence in December 2003. Johnson alleged that he was entitled to an earlier release date, ie., either June 1999 or October 2002, because of good-time credits he…