Case Title: State ex rel. Foster v. DeWeese

Citation: 2011-Ohio-6038

Docket Number: 2011-1351

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2011-11-30T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Foster v. DeWeese, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-6038.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-6038 
THE STATE EX REL. FOSTER, APPELLANT, v. DEWEESE, JUDGE, ET AL., 
APPELLEES. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Foster v. DeWeese,  
Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-6038.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing complaint for writs of mandamus and 
procedendo affirmed. 
(No. 2011-1351—Submitted November 16, 2011—Decided November 30, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Richland County, 
No. 11CA1, 2011-Ohio-3511. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
complaint of appellant, Joseph Foster, for writs of mandamus and procedendo to 
compel appellees, Richland County Court of Common Pleas and Judge James 
DeWeese, to issue a final, appealable order in his criminal case.  Neither 
mandamus nor procedendo will compel the performance of a duty that has already 
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been performed.  See State ex rel. Rose v. McGinty, 123 Ohio St.3d 86, 2009-
Ohio-4050, 914 N.E.2d 366, ¶ 2.  Judge DeWeese’s April 3, 2007 sentencing 
entry in the criminal case fully complied with Crim.R. 32(C) by including the jury 
verdict upon which his convictions were based, the sentence, the signature of the 
judge, and the time stamp indicating entry on the journal by the clerk of court.  
See State ex rel. Williams v. McGinty, 129 Ohio St.3d 275, 2011-Ohio-2641, 951 
N.E.2d 755, ¶ 1. 
Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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Joseph Foster, pro se. 
 
James J. Mayer Jr., Richland County Prosecuting Attorney, and Jill M. 
Cochran, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellees. 
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