VanBuskirk v. Wingard
Cases that cite this one
15 later published cases cite this decision.
- State v. Clemmons (Ohio Ct. App. 2023)
- State v. Reed (Ohio Ct. App. 2022)
- State v. Williams (Ohio Ct. App. 2014)
- State v. Burnside (Ohio Ct. App. 2010)
- State ex rel. Mortemore v. Wingard (Ohio 1998)
- Thornton v. Russell (Ohio 1998)
- Childers v. Wingard (Ohio 1998)
- Thornton v. Russell (Ohio 1998)
- Gordon v. Smith (Ohio Ct. App. 2024)
- State v. Wheeler (Ohio Ct. App. 2011)
- State Ex Rel. Scott v. Wilson, Unpublished Decision (8-01-2003) (Ohio Ct. App. 2003)
- Schrock v. Gansheimer, Unpublished Decision (5-24-2002) (Ohio Ct. App. 2002)
- Larson v. Wolfe, Unpublished Decision (8-10-2000) (Ohio Ct. App. 2000)
- Childers v. Wingard (Ohio 1998)
- VanBuskirk v. Wingard (Ohio 1998)
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Opinion of the Court
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’ assertions, a grand jury foreperson’s failure to sign an indictment does not deprive the trial court of jurisdiction or otherwise entitle a criminal defendant convicted and sentenced on the indictment to a writ of habeas corpus. State ex rel. Justice v. McMackin (1990), 53 Ohio St.3d 72, 73, 558 N.E.2d 1183.
Judgments affirmed.
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