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In re Clemons
Ohio Supreme Court
168 Ohio St. 83 (1958)
- Written by Sharon Feldman, JD
Facts
Delbert Clemons (defendant) signed his name on a check drawn on a bank in which he did not have a checking account. Clemons pleaded guilty to forgery. Clemons filed a petition for habeas corpus, arguing that he did not commit a crime because he signed his own name on the check. The court of common pleas granted Clemons’s petition and ordered him released from custody. The court of appeals affirmed but found its judgment conflicted with that of another court of appeals and certified the record to the supreme court for review of the conflict.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Matthias, J.)
Dissent (Taft, J.)
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