Title: State ex rel. Davis v. Ewers

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 
Davis v. Ewers, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-5790.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-5790 
THE STATE EX REL. DAVIS, APPELLANT, v. EWERS, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Davis v. Ewers, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-5790.] 
Criminal procedure—Judgment entry of conviction sufficient—Writ of mandamus 
denied. 
(No. 2010-1605—Submitted November 2, 2011—Decided November 15, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lorain County, No. 10CA009828. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
complaint of appellant, Benson Davis, a.k.a. Ian Davis, for a writ of mandamus to 
compel appellee, Lorain County Court of Common Pleas Judge Raymond J. 
Ewers, to issue sentencing entries in his criminal cases that comply with Crim.R. 
32(C) so as to constitute final, appealable orders.  “Mandamus will not compel the 
performance of an act that has already been performed.”  State ex rel. Dehler v. 
Kelly, 123 Ohio St.3d 297, 2009-Ohio-5259, 915 N.E.2d 1223, ¶ 1.  As the court 
of appeals correctly determined, Davis’s original sentencing entries in September 
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1994 complied with Crim.R. 32(C) sufficiently to constitute final, appealable 
orders.  State v. Lester, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2011-Ohio-5204, ___ N.E.2d ___, 
paragraph one of the syllabus.  The omission of the “manner of the conviction” in 
these sentencing entries did not prevent the judgments from being final, 
appealable orders.  Id. 
Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, CUPP, 
and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
LANZINGER, J., concurs in judgment only. 
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Benson Davis, pro se. 
 
Dennis P. Will, Lorain County Prosecuting Attorney, and M. Robert 
Flanagan, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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