Title: State ex rel. Wilson v. McGee

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Wilson v. McGee, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5261.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2009-OHIO-5261 
THE STATE EX REL. WILSON, APPELLANT, v. MCGEE, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Wilson v. McGee,  
Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5261.] 
Mandamus — Writ sought by criminal defendant to correct his sentence — Trial 
court was authorized to correct its clerical error in mistakenly 
characterizing the degree of the offense for which the defendant was 
convicted — Court of appeals’ denial of writ affirmed. 
(No. 2009-1038 — Submitted September 30, 2009 — Decided October 8, 2009.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Montgomery County, No. CA 23333. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, Lawrence E. Wilson, for a writ of mandamus to correct his 
sentence.  The common pleas court was authorized under Crim.R. 36 to correct its 
clerical error in mistakenly characterizing the degree of the offense for which 
Wilson was convicted.  See State ex rel. Cruzado v. Zaleski, 111 Ohio St.3d 353, 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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2006-Ohio-5795, 856 N.E.2d 263, ¶ 19.  Moreover, Wilson had an adequate 
remedy by appeal to raise his claim of noncompliance with Crim.R. 32.  Id. at ¶ 
32.  Finally, Wilson waived this claim on appeal by failing to raise it in his 
petition in the court of appeals or by seeking to amend his petition.  See State ex 
rel. R.W. Sidley, Inc. v. Crawford, 100 Ohio St.3d 113, 2003-Ohio-5101, 796 
N.E.2d 929, ¶ 32. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Lawrence E. Wilson, pro se. 
 
Mathias H. Heck Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and John 
A. Cumming, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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