VANBUSKIRK v. WINGARD

Nos. 97-1160, 97-1281, 97-1409, 97-1565 and 97-1857.

80 Ohio St.3d 659 (1998)

VANBUSKIRK, APPELLANT, v. WINGARD, WARDEN, APPELLEE. CHILDERS, APPELLANT, v. WINGARD, WARDEN, APPELLEE. MALONE, APPELLANT, v. WINGARD, WARDEN, APPELLEE. SPROAT, APPELLANT, v. WINGARD, WARDEN, APPELLEE. MORTEMORE, APPELLANT, v. WINGARD, WARDEN, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald VanBuskirk, pro se.

Thomas J. Childers, pro se.

Douglas Malone, pro se.

Stephen L. Sproat, pro se.

Steven R. Mortemore, pro se.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Donald Gary Keyser, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Per Curiam.

We affirm the judgments of the court of appeals dismissing appellants' petitions. Appellants' claims merely attacked the validity and sufficiency of their indictments. Consequently, their claims should have been raised by direct appeal rather than habeas corpus. State ex rel. Beaucamp v. Lazaroff (1997), 77 Ohio St.3d 237, 238, 673 N.E.2d 1273, 1274. Further, contrary to appellants...

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