Case Title: State ex rel. Alicea v. Krichbaum

Citation: 2010-Ohio-3234

Docket Number: 20100430

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-07-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Alicea v. Krichbaum, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-3234.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-3234 
THE STATE EX REL. ALICEA, APPELLANT, v. KRICHBAUM, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Alicea v. Krichbaum,  
Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-3234.] 
Criminal procedure — Crim.R. 32(C) — Requirements for judgment entry of 
conviction. 
(No. 2010-0430 — Submitted July 6, 2010 — Decided July 14, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Mahoning County, 
No. 09 MA 213, 2010-Ohio-610. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
complaint of appellant, Clemente Alicea, for a writ of mandamus to compel 
appellee, Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas Judge R. Scott Krichbaum, 
to hold a new sentencing hearing.  Alicea claims that his 1999 sentencing entry 
was not a final, appealable order because it did not include any indication of the 
manner of his conviction as required by Crim.R. 32(C). 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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{¶ 2} Alicea’s claim lacks merit for two separate reasons.  First, the 
remedy for a failure to comply with Crim.R. 32(C) is a revised sentencing entry 
rather than a new hearing.  State ex rel. Culgan v. Medina Cty. Court of Common 
Pleas, 119 Ohio St.3d 535, 2008-Ohio-4609, 895 N.E.2d 805, ¶ 8-10.  Second, 
Alicea’s sentencing entry fully complied with Crim.R. 32(C) and State v. Baker, 
119 Ohio St.3d 197, 2008-Ohio-3330, 893 N.E.2d 163, syllabus.  The entry 
specified that Alicea was found guilty of rape after a jury trial.  Therefore, the 
sentencing entry constituted a final, appealable order, and Alicea is not entitled to 
a new sentencing entry.  State ex rel. Pruitt v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common 
Pleas, 125 Ohio St.3d 402, 2010-Ohio-1808, __ N.E.2d __. 
{¶ 3} Therefore, the court of appeals properly dismissed Alicea’s 
complaint for a writ of mandamus. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
BROWN, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Clemente Alicea, pro se. 
 
Paul J. Gains, Mahoning County Prosecuting Attorney, and Ralph M. 
Rivera, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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