HOLLINGSWORTH v. TIMMERMAN-COOPER

No. 2011-1095.

133 Ohio St.3d 253 (2012)

2012-Ohio-3907

HOLLINGSWORTH v. TIMMERMAN-COOPER, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 4, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Repper, Pagan, Cook, Ltd., and Christopher J. Pagan , for petitioner.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, Alexandra T. Schimmer , Solicitor General, David M. Lieberman , Deputy Solicitor, and M. Scott Criss , Assistant Attorney General; and Lauren S. Kuley , for respondent.


PFEIFER, J.

{¶ 1} Petitioner, Ernest Hollingsworth, filed a habeas corpus action in federal district court, asserting that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel at his criminal trial. Respondent, Deb Timmerman-Cooper, warden of the London Correctional Institution, countered that Hollingsworth's plea of no contest in the underlying criminal case constituted a waiver of his right to the effective assistance of counsel. Hollingsworth...

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