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89 Ohio St. 3d 467

Smith v. Warren

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided August 16, 2000

Ohio Supreme Court · decided 2000-08-16

Relies on State ex rel. Kreps v. Christiansen · Roth v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · State ex rel. Jackson v. Miller

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Decided 2000-08-16

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Per Curiam.

¶1Smith asserts that the court of appeals erred in dismissing his prohibition action. Smith’s assertion is meritless.

¶2Prohibition will not issue if relator has an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. State ex rel. Kreps v. Christiansen (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 313, 316, 725 N.E.2d 663, 667. Appeal, not prohibition, is the remedy for the correction of errors or irregularities of a court having proper jurisdiction. State ex rel. Jackson v. Miller (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 541, 543, 700 N.E.2d 1273, 1275. Smith’s assertion of sentencing error is nonjurisdictional, and he had an adequate remedy by appeal to raise this issue. Smith v. Walker (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 431, 432, 700 N.E.2d 592. Therefore, he was not entitled to the requested extraordinary relief in prohibition.

¶3Based on the foregoing, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
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