Case Name: The State ex rel. Davis, Appellant, v. Ewers, Judge, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2011-11-15
Citations: 130 Ohio St. 3d 354
Docket Number: No. 2010-1605
Parties: The State ex rel. Davis, Appellant, v. Ewers, Judge, Appellee.
Judges: O’Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Donnell, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 130
Pages: 354–355

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. Davis, Appellant, v. Ewers, Judge, Appellee.
[Cite as State ex rel. Davis v. Ewers, 130 Ohio St.3d 354, 2011-Ohio-5790.]
(No. 2010-1605
Submitted November 2, 2011
Decided November 15, 2011.)
Benson Davis, pro se.

Opinion:
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 1994 complied with Crim.R. 32(C) sufficiently to constitute final, appealable orders. State v. Lester, 130 Ohio St.3d 303, 2011-Ohio-5204, 958 N.E.2d 142, 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, appeal-able 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.
Dennis P. Will, Lorain County Prosecuting Attorney, and M. Robert Flanagan, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.