State ex rel. Crim v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth.

1999 Ohio 232, 87 Ohio St. 3d 38

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: October 13, 1999
• Docket: 1999-0491
• Status: Published

Opinion

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 87 Ohio St.3d 38.]

THE STATE EX REL. CRIM, APPELLANT, v. OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, APPELLEE. [Cite as State ex rel. Crim v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 1999-Ohio-232.] Mandamus to compel Ohio Adult Parole Authority to credit relator’s sentence with his one-hundred-eight-day period of pretrial confinement—Denial of writ affirmed—Writ of mandamus will not issue to compel an act that has already been performed. (No. 99-491—Submitted August 25, 1999—Decided October 13, 1999.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County, No. 98AP-680. __________________ {¶ 1} In 1998, appellant, Howard Crim, Jr., filed a complaint in the Court of Appeals for Franklin County for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, Ohio Adult Parole Authority (“APA”), to credit his sentence with his one-hundred-eight- day period of pretrial confinement. The APA filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. The APA attached to its motion an affidavit of the prison records custodian establishing that Crim’s sentences had been credited for the period of his pretrial confinement. The court of appeals denied the writ. {¶ 2} This cause is now before the court upon an appeal as of right. __________________ Howard Crim, Jr., pro se. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Joshua T. Cox, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. __________________ Per Curiam. {¶ 3} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. A writ of mandamus will not issue to compel an act that has already been performed. State ex rel. Eads SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

v. Callahan (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 405, 406, 696 N.E.2d 581, 582. Judgment affirmed. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. __________________