Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Compton v. Sutula

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 2012No. 2011-2186PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Per curiam

{¶ 1} Appellant, John Compton, filed a mandamus complaint in the court of appeals seeking to compel appellee, Judge John D. Sutula of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, to rule on Compton’s motions for jail-time credit. The writ was denied.

John Compton, pro se. William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and James E. Moss, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

{¶2} By separate entry, the appellate court denied Compton’s motion to amend his complaint to add a claim seeking to compel appellee to issue a final, appealable order in Compton’s criminal case. In so ruling,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. LesterOhio Supreme Court · 2011
  2. State ex rel. Gordon v. MurphyOhio Supreme Court · 2006
  3. State ex rel. DeGroot v. TilsleyOhio Supreme Court · 2011

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Brown v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & CorrectionOhio Supreme Court · 2014
  2. State v. BarnesOhio Court of Appeals · 2015
  3. State v. JamaOhio Court of Appeals · 2018
  4. State v. LynchOhio Court of Appeals · 2015
  5. State ex rel. Newell v. GaulOhio Supreme Court · 2013

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