Opinion

State ex rel. Lester v. Pepple

  • 130 Ohio St. 3d 353
  • 2011 Ohio 5756
Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Filed
Nov 10, 2011
Status
Published
On the bench
Brown, Cupp, Lanzinger, Lundberg, McGee, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Pfeifer, Stratton
Cited by
18 cases
Authority
More cited than 83.5%

The opinion

[Cite as State ex rel. Lester v. Pepple, 130 Ohio St.3d 353, 2011-Ohio-5756.]

THE STATE EX REL. LESTER, APPELLANT, v. PEPPLE, JUDGE, APPELLEE.

[Cite as State ex rel. Lester v. Pepple, 130 Ohio St.3d 353, 2011-Ohio-5756.]

Criminal procedure—Judgment entry of conviction sufficient—Writs of

mandamus and procedendo denied.

(No. 2011-0327—Submitted November 2, 2011—Decided November 10, 2011.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Auglaize County, No. 02-10-34.

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Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the

petition of appellant, Stephen M. Lester, for writs of mandamus and procedendo

to compel appellee, Auglaize County Common Pleas Court Judge Frederick D.

Pepple, to issue a final and appealable sentencing entry in his criminal case.

Neither mandamus nor procedendo will lie to compel an act that has already been

performed. See State ex rel. Rose v. McGinty, 123 Ohio St.3d 86, 2009-Ohio-

4050, 914 N.E.2d 366, ¶ 2. As we held in a separate appeal by Lester, his original

sentencing entry constituted a final, appealable order even though it lacked a

specification concerning the manner of his conviction. State v. Lester, 130 Ohio

St.3d 303, 2011-Ohio-5204, 958 N.E.2d 142, paragraphs one and two of the

syllabus.

Judgment affirmed.

O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, CUPP,

and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur.

LANZINGER, J., concurs in judgment only.

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Stephen M. Lester, pro se.

Edwin A. Pierce, Auglaize County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

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