Case Title: State ex rel. Barr v. Sutula

Citation: 2012-Ohio-2790

Docket Number: 2012-0498

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2012-06-26T00:00:00Z

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Barr v. Sutula, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-2790.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-2790 
STATE EX REL. BARR, APPELLANT, v. SUTULA, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets,  
it may be cited as State ex rel. Barr v. Sutula,  
Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-2790.] 
Criminal procedure—Mandamus to correct sentencing entry—Adequate remedy 
by way of appeal precludes mandamus. 
(No. 2012-0498—Submitted June 20, 2012—Decided June 26, 2012.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County,  
No. 97456, 2012-Ohio-500. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, Harry M. Barr, for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, 
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John D. Sutula, to correct his 
sentencing entry to reflect the sentence specified at the court’s “verdict hearing.”  
Barr had an adequate remedy by way of appeal from his sentencing entry to raise 
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his claim of sentencing error.  See State ex rel. Hudson v. Sutula, 131 Ohio St.3d 
177, 2012-Ohio-554, 962 N.E.2d 798, ¶ 1; R.C. 2731.05. 
Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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Harry M. Barr, pro se. 
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