State ex rel. Barr v. Sutula

2010 Ohio 3213, 126 Ohio St. 3d 193

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: July 13, 2010
• Docket: 2010-0606
• Status: Published

Opinion

Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying the request of appellant, Harry Barr, for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John D. Sutula, to resentence him. Barr’s 2007 sentencing entry constituted a final, appealable order, which fully complied with Crim.R. 32(C) and State v. Baker, 119 Ohio St.3d 197, 2008-Ohio-3330, 893 N.E.2d 163, syllabus (“A judgment of conviction is a final appealable order under R.C. 2505.02 when it sets forth (1) the guilty plea, the jury verdict, or the finding of the court upon which the conviction is based; (2) the sentence; (3) the signature of the judge; and (4) entry on the journal by the clerk of court” [emphasis added]).

{¶ 2} By specifying in the sentencing entry that “the court found the defendant guilty of robbery 2911.02-F2 with notice prior conviction, repeat violent offender specification 2941.149 as charged in Count(s) 2 of the indictment,” Judge Sutula sufficiently set forth the findings upon which Barr’s bench conviction is based. Crim.R. 32(C). The judge was not required to add language that the court found the defendant guilty of the offenses after a bench trial; that additional language would have been superfluous.

{¶ 3} Therefore, the court of appeals correctly held that Barr is not entitled to the requested extraordinary relief in mandamus. See State ex rel. Pruitt v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 125 Ohio St.3d 402, 2010-Ohio-1808, 928 N.E.2d 722.

Judgment affirmed.

Brown, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur. Harry Barr, pro se. William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and James E. Moss, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.