State v. Bradley

2023 Ohio 3630

• Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
• Decided: October 5, 2023
• Docket: 112320
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Cite as State v. Bradley, 2023-Ohio-3630.]

COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO

EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA

STATE OF OHIO, :

Plaintiff- Appellee, : No. 112320 v. :

JOHN BRADLEY, JR., :

Defendant-Appellant. :

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: October 5, 2023

Criminal Appeal from the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-21-657961-A

Appearances:

Michael C. O’Malley, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Tasha L. Forchione, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Cullen Sweeney, Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and John T. Martin, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

MICHELLE J. SHEEHAN, J.:

Defendant-appellant John Bradley Jr. pled guilty in four separate

cases on August 13, 2021. This appeal only concerns Cuyahoga CP. No.-CR-21-657961. In Count 1 of that case, Bradley was convicted of felonious

assault, a felony of the second degree, which is a qualifying felony subject to an

indefinite sentence under the Reagan Tokes Law, and Bradley received seven to ten-

and-a-half years for the offense. In his direct appeal, he challenged the

constitutionality of the Reagan Tokes Law, raising claims based on the right to a jury

trial, separation of powers, and due process. This court rejected his claims and

affirmed the trial court’s judgment. State v. Bradley, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No.

110882, 2022-Ohio-1075.

Bradley subsequently filed a motion, pro se, for a reopening of the

case, claiming his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that the trial

court provided the proper advisement under R.C. 2929.19(B)(2)(c) at sentencing as

required by the Reagan Tokes Law. This court granted the motion for reopening,

vacated Bradley’s sentence, and remanded the case to the trial court for the limited

purpose of resentencing to provide the requisite advisement. State v. Bradley, 8th

Dist. Cuyahoga No. 110882, 2022-Ohio-2954. Upon remand, the trial court held a

limited resentencing hearing. It provided the advisement required by R.C.

2919.19(B)(2)(c) and reimposed the same sentence.

Bradley now appeals from that judgment and raises a single

assignment of error. He again argues that the Reagan Tokes Law is unconstitutional

on its face and brings similar claims he had raised on direct appeal.

A day before he filed the instant notice of appeal, the Supreme Court of

Ohio decided State v. Hacker, Slip Opinion N0. 2023-Ohio-2535, rejecting similar claims regarding the constitutionality of the Reagan Tokes Law. Pursuant to

Hacker, we overrule Bradley’s sole assignment of error and affirm the judgment of

the trial court.

Judgment affirmed.

It is ordered that appellee recover of appellant costs herein taxed.

The court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.

It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this court directing the

common pleas court to carry this judgment into execution.

A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the mandate pursuant to Rule 27

of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.

__________________________________ MICHELLE J. SHEEHAN, JUDGE

EILEEN A. GALLAGHER, P.J., and MICHAEL JOHN RYAN, J., CONCUR