SHORTER v. OHIO DEPT. OF REHAB. AND CORRECTIONS

No. 97-3996.

180 F.3d 723 (1999)

Samuel Lamott SHORTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Marco (argued and briefed), Marco, Marco & Bailey, Medina, Ohio, for Appellant.

Stuart W. Harris (argued), Donald G. Keyser (briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Corrections Litigation Section, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: BATCHELDER and MOORE, Circuit Judges, and BECKWITH, District Judge.


BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Samuel Shorter, appeals the district court's judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

Shorter was convicted in state court in Ohio on charges of statutory rape and being a felon in possession of a firearm, and his conviction was affirmed on appeal. In both the trial and...

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