Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2014-08-01 20:50:48.070354+00
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[Cite as State ex rel. Duncan v. DeWeese, 132 Ohio St. 3d 525, 2012-Ohio-3835.]

  THE STATE EX REL. DUNCAN, APPELLANT, v. DEWEESE, JUDGE, APPELLEE.
                      [Cite as State ex rel. Duncan v. DeWeese,
                        132 Ohio St. 3d 525, 2012-Ohio-3835.]
Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing complaint for writ of mandamus
        affirmed—Sentencing entry did not need to contain a disposition
        concerning specifications that defendant was charged with but was not
        convicted of.
   (No. 2012-0904—Submitted August 22, 2012—Decided August 30, 2012.)
   APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Richland County, No. 2011 CA 102.
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        Per Curiam.
        {¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the
petition of appellant, Roy Duncan, for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee,
Richland County Common Pleas Court Judge James DeWeese, to issue a new
sentencing entry. Duncan asserts that his current sentencing entry is not a final,
appealable order.
        {¶ 2} Contrary to Duncan’s assertion, to be final and appealable, the
sentencing entry did not need to contain a disposition concerning specifications
that Duncan was charged with but was not convicted of. See State ex rel. Rose v.
McGinty, 128 Ohio St. 3d 371, 2011-Ohio-761, 944 N.E.2d 672, ¶ 3; State ex rel.
Davis v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 127 Ohio St. 3d 29, 2010-Ohio-
4728, 936 N.E.2d 41, ¶ 2.
        {¶ 3} The December 8, 2009 sentencing entry for Duncan fully complies
with Crim.R. 32(C) and R.C. 2505.02 because it states that he was convicted by a
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jury of specified crimes, it sets forth the sentence, it is signed by the judge, and it
was entered upon the journal by the clerk of court.1 Rose at ¶ 2.
        {¶ 4} Therefore, Duncan is not entitled to the requested extraordinary
relief in mandamus to compel Judge DeWeese to enter a new sentencing entry.
                                                                         Judgment affirmed.
        O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL,
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur.
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        Roy Duncan, pro se.
        James J. Mayer Jr., Richland County Prosecuting Attorney, and Jill M.
Cochran, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent.
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1. The entry orders Duncan to “pay restitution for medical expenses to Kathy Ward, Richard
Miller, or providers.” In a subsequent entry denying Duncan’s motion for resentencing, the court
stated that Duncan owed no monetary restitution. The entries thus resolved any issue concerning
restitution.

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