State ex rel. Cotton v. Griffin

Cotton asserts that the court of appeals erred by granting Judge Griffin’s motion for summary judgment and denying the writ. He claims entitlement to a writ of mandamus by alleging that Judge Griffin did not follow the mandate of the court of appeals in Cotton to enter a judgment vacating his conviction and sentence and discharging him.

Cotton is not entitled to a corrected common pleas court entry vacating his conviction and sentence and discharging him because he has already received this relief from the court of appeals. Although some of the Cotton opinion and entry refers to a “remand” to…