Case Title: State ex rel. McKinney v. McKay

Citation: 2011-Ohio-6397

Docket Number: 2011-1403

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2011-12-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. McKinney v. McKay, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-6397.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-6397 
THE STATE EX REL. MCKINNEY, APPELLANT, v. MCKAY, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. McKinney v. McKay,  
Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-6397.] 
Neither mandamus nor procedendo will compel the performance of a duty that 
has already been performed—Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing 
petition for writs of mandamus and procedendo affirmed. 
(No. 2011-1403—Submitted December 7, 2011—Decided December 15, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Trumbull County, 
No. 2011-T-0039, 2011-Ohio-3756. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, Jermaine McKinney, for writs of mandamus and procedendo 
to compel appellee, Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas Judge W. Wyatt 
McKay, to issue a final, appealable order in his criminal case.  Neither mandamus 
nor procedendo will compel the performance of a duty that has already been 
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performed.  See State ex rel. Rose v. McGinty, 123 Ohio St.3d 86, 2009-Ohio-
4050, 914 N.E.2d 366, ¶ 2.  Judge McKay’s December 11, 2006 sentencing entry 
in the criminal case fully complied with Crim.R. 32(C) by including the findings 
of the jury upon which his convictions were based, the sentence, the signature of 
the judge, and the time stamp indicating entry upon 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.  Insofar as McKinney asserts that Judge McKay erred 
in his sentencing entry by stating that he was convicted of first-degree kidnapping 
instead of second-degree kidnapping, McKinney had an adequate remedy by 
appeal to raise the claimed sentencing error.  State ex rel. Cunningham v. 
Lindeman, 126 Ohio St.3d 481, 2010-Ohio-4388, 935 N.E.2d 393, ¶ 1. 
Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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Jermaine McKinney, pro se. 
 
Dennis Watkins, Trumbull County Prosecuting Attorney, and LuWayne 
Annos, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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