Case Title: State ex rel. Cunningham v. Lindeman

Citation: 2010-Ohio-4388

Docket Number: 20100792

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Cunningham v. Lindeman, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4388.] 
 
 
 
 
NOTICE 
This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in 
an advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports.  Readers are requested 
to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 
65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or 
other formal errors in the opinion, in order that corrections may be 
made before the opinion is published. 
 
SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-4388 
THE STATE EX REL. CUNNINGHAM, APPELLANT, v. LINDEMAN, JUDGE, 
APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Cunningham v. Lindeman,  
Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4388.] 
Appeal from dismissal of a petition for writs of mandamus or procedendo — Act 
complained of already performed — Adequate remedy at law — Judgment 
affirmed. 
(No. 2010-0792 — Submitted September 15, 2010 — Decided  
September 22, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Miami County, No. 10-CA-09. 
__________________ 
 
Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
claim of appellant, Willie Cunningham, for a writ of mandamus or procedendo to 
compel appellee, Miami County Court of Common Pleas Judge Robert J. 
Lindeman, to issue a new sentencing entry in Cunningham’s criminal case to 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
2 
 
comply with Crim.R. 32(C).  Cunningham’s sentencing entry fully complied with 
Crim.R. 32(C), as construed in State v. Baker, 119 Ohio St.3d 197, 2008-Ohio-
3330, 893 N.E.2d 163, syllabus, by including the finding of the court upon which 
his conviction is based, the sentence, the signature of the judge, and the time 
stamp journalization by the clerk of court.  State ex rel. Pruitt v. Cuyahoga Cty. 
Court of Common Pleas, 125 Ohio St.3d 402, 2010-Ohio-1808, 928 N.E.2d 722, ¶ 
3.  The entry specified that Cunningham was tried and found guilty by the court 
and that the court imposed no additional major-drug-offender term.  
Consequently, Cunningham had an adequate remedy by appeal to raise the 
claimed sentencing errors.  State ex rel. Cotton v. Russo, 125 Ohio St.3d 449, 
2010-Ohio-2111, 928 N.E.2d 1092, ¶ 1. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
BROWN, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
__________________ 
 
Willie Cunningham, pro se. 
 
Gary A. Nasal, Miami County Prosecuting Attorney, and James R. Dicks 
Jr., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
______________________