Case Title: Turner v. Brunsman

Citation: 2009-Ohio-5588

Docket Number: 20091129

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Turner v. Brunsman, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5588.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2009-OHIO-5588 
TURNER, APPELLANT, v. BRUNSMAN, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Turner v. Brunsman, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5588.] 
Habeas corpus — Dismissal affirmed — Sentencing error not cognizable in 
habeas corpus. 
(No. 2009-1129 — Submitted October 20, 2009 — Decided October 28, 2009.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Warren County, No. CA2009-02-021. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, Donald Turner, for a writ of habeas corpus.  Turner’s claim 
of nonjurisdictional sentencing errors is not cognizable in habeas corpus.  See, 
e.g., Dunn v. Smith, 119 Ohio St.3d 364, 2008-Ohio-4565, 894 N.E.2d 312, ¶ 10.  
If, as Turner claims, the trial court refuses to issue a revised sentencing entry, he 
may compel the court to act through an action for a writ of mandamus or a writ of 
procedendo.  Id. at ¶ 9. 
Judgment affirmed. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Donald Turner, pro se. 
 
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and William H. Lamb, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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