Case Title: State ex rel. Clutter v. Wiseman

Citation: 2010-Ohio-4987

Docket Number: 20100931

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-10-20T00:00:00Z

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Clutter v. Wiseman, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4987.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-4987 
THE STATE EX REL. CLUTTER, APPELLANT, v. WISEMAN, JUDGE, ET AL., 
APPELLEES. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Clutter v. Wiseman,  
Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-4987.] 
Criminal procedure — Mandamus and procedendo to compel resentencing — 
Petition dismissed on basis of res judicata. 
(No. 2010-0931 — Submitted September 28, 2010 — Decided October 20, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Crawford County, No. 3-10-07. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, Kyle L. Clutter, for writs of mandamus and procedendo to 
compel appellees, Crawford County Court of Common Pleas and Judge Russell 
B. Wiseman of that court, to resentence him.  Clutter has already unsuccessfully 
sought resentencing by raising a similar claim for writs of mandamus and 
procedendo.  See State ex rel. Clutter v. Crawford Cty. Court of Common Pleas 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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(Mar. 20, 2009), Crawford App. No. 3-09-01.  As the court of appeals correctly 
concluded, res judicata thus barred Clutter from instituting a successive writ 
action.  See State ex rel. Tate v. Calabrese, 125 Ohio St.3d 28, 2010-Ohio-1431, 
925 N.E.2d 962. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
BROWN, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
LANZINGER, J., dissents. 
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Kyle L. Clutter, pro se. 
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