State ex rel. Carter v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth.

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[Cite as State ex rel. Carter v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 89 Ohio St.3d 496, 2000-Ohio-226.] THE STATE EX REL. CARTER, APPELLANT, v. OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, APPELLEE. [Cite as State ex rel. Carter v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 496.] Judgment of court of appeals affirmed. (No. 99-2108 Submitted April 26, 2000 Decided August 30, 2000.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 99AP-235. __________________ Paul Mancino, Jr., for appellant. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Jihad M. Smaili, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. __________________ Appellant had adequate legal remedies to raise his claims. Moreover, habeas corpus, not mandamus, is the proper action to seek release from prison. See State ex rel. Milner v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. (2000), 87 Ohio St.3d 567, 568, 722 N.E.2d 72. Accordingly, the judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. 1

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