Case Title: State ex rel. Rose v. McGinty

Citation: 2011-Ohio-761

Docket Number: 20102008

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Rose v. McGinty, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-761.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-761 
THE STATE EX REL. ROSE, APPELLANT, v. MCGINTY, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Rose v. McGinty,  
Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-761.] 
Appeal from court of appeals judgment denying writ of procedendo to compel 
common pleas court judge to issue a new judgment of conviction and 
sentence — Original sentencing entry complied with Crim.R. 32(C) and 
R.C. 2505.02 — Judgment affirmed. 
(No. 2010-2008 — Submitted February 16, 2011 — Decided February 23, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 95451, 2010-Ohio-5020. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying a writ of 
procedendo to compel appellee, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge 
Timothy J. McGinty, to enter a new judgment of conviction and sentence for 
appellant, Floyd Rose, in State v. Rose, Cuyahoga Cty. C.P. case No. CR-07-
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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492008-B, that complies with the requirements of Crim.R. 32(C) and R.C. 
2505.02. 
{¶ 2} “A writ of procedendo will not issue to compel the performance of 
a duty that has already been performed.”  State ex rel. Sevayega v. McMonagle, 
122 Ohio St.3d 54, 2009-Ohio-2367, 907 N.E.2d 1180, ¶ 1; State ex rel. Rose v. 
McGinty, 123 Ohio St.3d 86, 2009-Ohio-4050, 914 N.E.2d 366, ¶ 2.  We have 
construed Crim.R. 32(C) to mean that a “judgment of conviction is a final 
appealable order under R.C. 2505.02 when it sets forth (1) the guilty plea, the jury 
verdict, or the finding of the court upon which the conviction is based; (2) the 
sentence; (3) the signature of the judge; and (4) entry on the journal by the clerk 
of court.”  State v. Baker, 119 Ohio St.3d 197, 2008-Ohio-3330, 893 N.E.2d 163, 
syllabus.  The March 27, 2007 sentencing entry for Rose fully complied with 
Crim.R. 32(C) and R.C. 2505.02 because it states that he pleaded guilty, it lists 
the crimes upon which his convictions and sentence were based, it sets forth the 
sentence, it is signed by the judge, and it was entered upon the journal by the clerk 
of court. 
{¶ 3} As we recently held, our holding in Baker requires only “ ‘a full 
resolution of those counts for which there were convictions. It does not require a 
reiteration of those counts and specifications for which there were no convictions, 
but were resolved in other ways, such as dismissals, nolled counts, or not guilty 
findings.’ ” (Emphasis sic.)  State ex rel. Davis v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of 
Common Pleas, 127 Ohio St.3d 29, 2010-Ohio-4728, 936 N.E.2d 41, ¶ 2, quoting 
State ex rel. Davis v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga App. No. 
93814, 2010-Ohio-1066, 2010 WL 972808, ¶ 8.  Therefore, notwithstanding 
Rose’s argument to the contrary, the sentencing entry did not need to include the 
dispositions of the counts that Rose was originally charged with, but that were not 
the basis for his convictions and sentence.  Those counts were nolled.  See 
January Term, 2011 
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http://cpdocket.cp.cuyahogacounty.us for case No. CR-07-492008-B, Mar. 21, 
2007 Docket Entry. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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Floyd Rose, pro se. 
 
William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and James E. 
Moss, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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