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judgment contains a clerical error in Ohio

20 Ohio opinions name it 2 courts 2012–2025 8 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Ohio courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
State v. Millergreen
ohio · 2010 · cited in 16 Ohio opinions naming this issue, 2012–2025
2 sentences

2025“A trial court lacks the authority to reconsider its own valid, final judgment in a criminal case, with two exceptions: (1) when a void sentence has been imposed and (2) when the judgment contains a clerical error.” State v. Miller, 2010-Ohio-5705, ¶ 14 , citing State ex rel.

2025None of these three cases confer a trial court with authority to consider a post-judgment motion for clarification of a criminal sentence, and Armengau points to no other authority indicating the trial court could effectively reconsider its prior judgment through a so-called motion for clarification. {¶ 39} Instead, as the state notes, a “trial court lacks the authority to reconsider its own valid, final judgment in a criminal case, with two exceptions: (1) when a void sentence has been imposed and (2) when the judgment contains a clerical error.” State v. Miller, 2010-Ohio-5705, ¶ 14 , citing

216
L. Bryan Carr Co., LPA v. LaForgegreen
ohioctapp · 2025 · cited in 2 Ohio opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025Bryan Carr Co., LPA v. LaForge, 2025-Ohio-889, ¶ 10 (11th Dist.), quoting State ex rel.

2025Bryan Carr Co., LPA v. LaForge, 2025-Ohio-889, ¶ 10 (11th Dist.), citing State ex rel.

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State v. Carlislegreen
ohio · 2011 · cited in 2 Ohio opinions naming this issue, 2012–2018
2 sentences

2018"Once a final judgment has been issued pursuant to Crim.R. 32, the trial court's jurisdiction ends." State v. Gilbert , 143 Ohio St.3d 150 , 2014-Ohio-4562 , 35 N.E.3d 493 , ¶ 9. " '[A]bsent statutory authority, a trial court is generally not empowered to modify a criminal sentence by reconsidering its own final judgment.' " Id. at ¶ 8, quoting State v. Carlisle , 131 Ohio St.3d 127 , 2011-Ohio-6553 , 961 N.E.2d 671 , ¶ 1. {¶ 12} Consequently, "a trial court lacks the authority to reconsider its own valid, final judgment in a criminal case, with two exceptions: (1) when a void sentence has bee

2018"Once a final judgment has been issued pursuant to Crim.R. 32, the trial court's jurisdiction ends." State v. Gilbert , 143 Ohio St.3d 150 , 2014-Ohio-4562 , 35 N.E.3d 493 , ¶ 9. " '[A]bsent statutory authority, a trial court is generally not empowered to modify a criminal sentence by reconsidering its own final judgment.' " Id. at ¶ 8, quoting State v. Carlisle , 131 Ohio St.3d 127 , 2011-Ohio-6553 , 961 N.E.2d 671 , ¶ 1. {¶ 12} Consequently, "a trial court lacks the authority to reconsider its own valid, final judgment in a criminal case, with two exceptions: (1) when a void sentence has bee

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State v. O'Nealgreen
ohioctapp · 2012 · cited in 1 Ohio opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
1 sentence

2015See also O’Neal VI¸ 2012-Ohio-396, ¶ 4-6 (holding that Mr. O’Neal could not challenge the propriety of the trial court’s allied offense determinations as those issues were barred by res judicata since they could have been raised in an earlier appeal).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Ohio. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
State v. Holling green
ohioctapp · 2025
2 sentences

2025Cruzado v. Zaleski, 2006-Ohio-5795 , ¶ 19, quoting State v. Brown, 2000-Ohio-1660 (3rd Dist.). {¶32} “[A] trial court lacks the authority to reconsider its own valid, final judgment in a criminal case, with two exceptions: (1) when a void sentence has been imposed and (2) when the judgment contains a clerical error.” Miller at ¶ 14 ; In other words, the trial court has the authority to correct clerical errors in its own judgment entries. {¶33} This Court has recently held in State v. Holling, 2025-Ohio-385 (5th Dist. 2025), ¶ 30, “[c]lerical errors do not involve a legal decision or judgment;

2025State v. Holling, 2025-Ohio-385 (5th Dist.), ¶28; State v. Mitchell, 2020-Ohio-3417 (11th Dist.), ¶81. {¶29} In the case sub judice, the trial court does note an inaccuracy in the judgment entry denying the appellant’s petition for post-conviction relief.

22025–2025
State v. Mitchell green
ohioctapp · 2020
2 sentences

2025State v. Holling, 2025-Ohio-385 (5th Dist.), ¶28; State v. Mitchell, 2020-Ohio-3417 (11th Dist.), ¶81. {¶29} In the case sub judice, the trial court does note an inaccuracy in the judgment entry denying the appellant’s petition for post-conviction relief.

2021No. 2019-P-0105, 2020-Ohio-3417, ¶ 35 , citing State v. Miller, 127 Ohio St.3d 407 , 2010-Ohio-5705, ¶ 14 . {¶ 60} Here, the trial court issued a final judgment of conviction and sentence on March 3, 2020.

22021–2025
State ex rel. Cruzado v. Zaleski green
ohio · 2006
1 sentence

2021Cruzado v. Zaleski, 111 Ohio St.3d 353 , 2006-Ohio- 5795, ¶ 19, citing Crim.R. 36.

12021–2021
State v. Gilbert (Slip Opinion) green
ohio · 2014
2 sentences

2018"Once a final judgment has been issued pursuant to Crim.R. 32, the trial court's jurisdiction ends." State v. Gilbert , 143 Ohio St.3d 150 , 2014-Ohio-4562 , 35 N.E.3d 493 , ¶ 9. " '[A]bsent statutory authority, a trial court is generally not empowered to modify a criminal sentence by reconsidering its own final judgment.' " Id. at ¶ 8, quoting State v. Carlisle , 131 Ohio St.3d 127 , 2011-Ohio-6553 , 961 N.E.2d 671 , ¶ 1. {¶ 12} Consequently, "a trial court lacks the authority to reconsider its own valid, final judgment in a criminal case, with two exceptions: (1) when a void sentence has bee

2018"Once a final judgment has been issued pursuant to Crim.R. 32, the trial court's jurisdiction ends." State v. Gilbert , 143 Ohio St.3d 150 , 2014-Ohio-4562 , 35 N.E.3d 493 , ¶ 9. " '[A]bsent statutory authority, a trial court is generally not empowered to modify a criminal sentence by reconsidering its own final judgment.' " Id. at ¶ 8, quoting State v. Carlisle , 131 Ohio St.3d 127 , 2011-Ohio-6553 , 961 N.E.2d 671 , ¶ 1. {¶ 12} Consequently, "a trial court lacks the authority to reconsider its own valid, final judgment in a criminal case, with two exceptions: (1) when a void sentence has bee

12018–2018
State v. Roehrig neutral
ohioctapp · 2015
1 sentence

2016Defiance No. 4-15-15, 2015-Ohio-5187, ¶ 9 , citing State v. Miller, 127 Ohio St.3d 407 , 2010-Ohio-5705 , ¶ 14 and State v. Burton, 12th Dist.

12016–2016

Statutes the citing opinions construe

OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.14 (4) OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2941.25 (4) OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2953.21 (4) OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2505.02 (3) OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2907.02 (3) OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.13 (3) OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.19 (3) OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2953.23 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

OH 20 (2012–2025) TN 3 (2018–2022)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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