Title: State ex rel. McGuire v. Abruzzo

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. McGuire v. Abruzzo, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-4217.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-4217 
THE STATE EX REL. MCGUIRE, APPELLANT, v. ABRUZZO, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets,  
it may be cited as State ex rel. McGuire v. Abruzzo,  
Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-4217.] 
Mandamus—Procedendo—Petition sought to compel a judge to issue a new 
sentencing entry—Court of appeals’ dismissal of petition for writ affirmed. 
(No. 2012-0927—Submitted September 12, 2012—Decided September 18, 2012.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Preble County, 
No. CA2012-03-002. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment dismissing the petition of appellant, 
Dennis B. McGuire, insofar as he requested writs of mandamus and procedendo 
to compel appellee, Preble County Court of Common Pleas Judge David N. 
Abruzzo, to issue a sentencing entry that constitutes a valid final judgment in his 
criminal case.  “Neither mandamus nor procedendo will lie to compel an act that 
has already been performed.”  State ex rel. Lester v. Pepple, 130 Ohio St.3d 353, 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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2011-Ohio-5756, 958 N.E.2d 566, ¶ 1.  McGuire’s sentencing entry constituted a 
final, appealable order although it lacked a specification concerning the manner of 
his conviction.  State v. Lester, 130 Ohio St.3d 303, 2011-Ohio-5204, 958 N.E.2d 
142, paragraphs one and two of the syllabus; State ex rel. Davis v. Ewers, 130 
Ohio St.3d 354, 2011-Ohio-5790, 958 N.E.2d 566, ¶ 1.  Nor has McGuire 
established any violation of his constitutional rights to due process and against ex 
post facto laws in applying this precedent to him.  See DiCenzo v. A-Best Prods. 
Co., Inc., 120 Ohio St.3d 149, 2008-Ohio-5327, 897 N.E.22 132, paragraph one 
of the syllabus (“An Ohio court decision applies retrospectively unless a party has 
contract rights or vested rights under the prior decision”). 
Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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Dennis B. McGuire, pro se. 
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