Case Title: State ex rel. Lester v. Pepple

Citation: 2011-Ohio-5756

Docket Number: 2011-0327

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2011-11-10T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Lester v. Pepple, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-5756.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-5756 
THE STATE EX REL. LESTER, APPELLANT, v. PEPPLE, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Lester v. Pepple,  
Slip Opinion No. 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 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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sentencing entry constituted a final, appealable order even though it lacked a 
specification concerning the manner of his conviction.  State v. Lester, ___ Ohio 
St.3d ___, 2011-Ohio-5204, ___ N.E.2d ___, 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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