State v. Spivey

Ohio Supreme Court
State v. Spivey, 82 Ohio St. 3d 1435 (Ohio 1998)
694 N.E.2d 1372; 1998 Ohio LEXIS 1709

State v. Spivey

Opinion of the Court

Mahoning App. No. 89 C.A. 172. Upon consideration of the motion for stay of execution of death sentence pending the timely filing and final disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court and disposition of petition for postconviction relief, and it appearing from the exhibits to the motion that a petition for posteonvietion relief has been filed by appellant with the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court,

IT IS ORDERED by the court that said motion be, and the same is hereby, granted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED by the court that compliance with the mandate and execution of sentence be, and hereby are, stayed pending the timely filing of the petition in the Supreme Court of the United States.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if such petition is timely filed, this stay shall continue for an indefinite period pending final disposition of this cause by the Supreme Court of the United States.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED by the court that this stay shall remain in effect until exhaustion of all state postconviction proceedings, including any appeals.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that counsel for the appellant and for the appellee shall notify this court upon a final disposition by the Supreme Court of the United States or when all proceedings for postconviction relief before courts of this state have been exhausted, whichever occurs later.

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