Case Title: State ex rel. Galloway v. Lucas County Court of Common Pleas

Citation: 2011-Ohio-5259

Docket Number: 2011-0871

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2011-10-18T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Galloway v. Lucas Cty. Court of Common Pleas, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-
5259.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-5259 
THE STATE EX REL. GALLOWAY, APPELLANT, v. LUCAS COUNTY COURT OF 
COMMON PLEAS ET AL., APPELLEES. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Galloway v. Lucas Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 
Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-5259.] 
Criminal procedure—Judgment entries in compliance with Crim.R. 32(C)—Writs 
of mandamus and procedendo denied. 
(No. 2011-0871—Submitted October 5, 2011—Decided October 18, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County, 
No. L-10-1132, 2011-Ohio-1876. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying the request 
of appellant, Carlos G. Galloway Jr., for writs of mandamus and procedendo to 
compel appellees, Lucas County Court of Common Pleas and Judge Denise Ann 
Dartt, to issue judgments in his criminal cases that comply with Crim.R. 32(C) 
and constitute final, appealable orders. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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{¶ 2} The sentencing entries in Galloway’s criminal cases fully complied 
with Crim.R. 32(C) by including the jury verdicts upon which the convictions are 
based, the sentence, and the signature of the judge and being entered on the 
journal by the clerk of court.  See State ex rel. Peterson v. Durkin, 129 Ohio St.3d 
213, 2011-Ohio-2639, 951 N.E.2d 381, ¶ 1. 
{¶ 3} Moreover, insofar as Galloway claims that one of his sentencing 
entries did not properly reflect the jury’s verdict, he raises mere error and he had 
an adequate remedy by appeal to raise the issue.  See generally Manns v. 
Gansheimer, 117 Ohio St.3d 251, 2008-Ohio-851, 883 N.E.2d 431, ¶ 6 
(“sentencing errors are not jurisdictional and are not remediable * * * by 
extraordinary writ”); State ex rel. Jelinek v. Schneider, 127 Ohio St.3d 332, 2010-
Ohio-5986, 939 N.E.2d 847, ¶ 13 (neither mandamus nor procedendo will issue if 
the relator has an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law). 
{¶ 4} Finally, any error regarding the imposition of court costs can be 
challenged by appeal.  State ex rel. Whittenberger v. Clarke (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 
207, 208, 729 N.E.2d 756. 
{¶ 5} Therefore, the court of appeals properly denied Galloway’s request 
for extraordinary relief in mandamus and procedendo, and we affirm that 
judgment. 
Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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Carlos G. Galloway Jr., pro se. 
 
Julia R. Bates, Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney, and John A. Borell, 
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellees. 
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