Ohio Supreme Court, 2011

State ex rel. Davis v. Ewers

Ohio Supreme Court · Decided November 15, 2011 · Brown, Cupp, Lanzinger, Lundberg, McGee, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Pfeifer, Stratton

2011 Ohio 5790; 130 Ohio St. 3d 354

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State v. McCabe (Ohio Ct. App. 2018)
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Opinion

Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the complaint of appellant, Benson Davis, a.k.a. Ian Davis, for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, Lorain County Court of Common Pleas Judge Raymond J. Ewers, to issue sentencing entries in his criminal cases that comply with Crim.R. 32(C) so as to constitute final, appealable orders. “Mandamus will not compel the performance of an act that has already been performed.” State ex rel. Dehler v. Kelly, 123 Ohio St.3d 297, 2009-Ohio-5259, 915 N.E.2d 1223, ¶ 1. As the court of appeals correctly determined, Davis’s original sentencing entries in September 1994 complied with Crim.R. 32(C) sufficiently to constitute final, appealable orders. State v. Lester, 130 Ohio St.3d 303, 2011-Ohio-5204, 958 N.E.2d 142, paragraph one of the syllabus. The omission of the “manner of the conviction” in these sentencing entries did not prevent the judgments from being final, appeal-able orders. Id.

Judgment affirmed.

O’Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Donnell, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur. Lanzinger, J., concurs in judgment only. *355 Dennis P. Will, Lorain County Prosecuting Attorney, and M. Robert Flanagan, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

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