State ex rel. Plant v. Cosgrove

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a petition for writs of prohibition and mandamus to compel the trial court judge to vacate an amended sentencing entry. Because the sentencing judge did not patently and unambiguously lack jurisdiction to amend the sentencing entry, we affirm.

{¶ 2} In November 2006, appellee, Summit County Court of Common Pleas Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove, sentenced appellant, Phillip R. Plant, to two years in prison and five years of postrelease control upon his guilty plea to a charge of aggravated trafficking in drugs. In March 2007, Judge Cosgrove amended…