State v. Emerine

2020 Ohio 5391

• Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
• Decided: November 23, 2020
• Docket: 2020-T-0077
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Cite as State v. Emerine, 2020-Ohio-5391.]

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO

STATE OF OHIO, : MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff-Appellee, : CASE NO. 2020-T-0077 - vs - :

JONATHAN R. EMERINE, :

Defendant-Appellant. :

Criminal Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 2015 CR 00693

Judgment: Appeal dismissed.

Dennis Watkins, Trumbull County Prosecutor, and Ashleigh J. Musick, Assistant Prosecutor, Administration Building, Fourth Floor, 160 High Street, N.W., Warren, OH 44481-1092 (For Plaintiff-Appellee).

Jonathan R. Emerine, pro se, PID: A683-007, Lake Erie Correctional Institution, 501 Thompson Road, P.O. Box 8000, Conneaut, OH 44030 (Defendant-Appellant).

MARY JANE TRAPP, J.,

{¶1} Appellant, Jonathan R. Emerine, pro se, filed a notice of appeal on

October 13, 2020 from the trial court’s September 8, 2020 entry denying his “Motion to

Credit Prison Community Work Service toward Court Costs and Fines.” A timely notice

of appeal was due no later than October 8, 2020, which was not a weekend or a

holiday. Thus, the appeal is untimely filed by five days.

{¶2} Appellee, the state of Ohio, filed a motion for leave to file a motion to

dismiss the appeal on October 27, 2020. The motion for leave is hereby granted instanter. Appellee moves this court to dismiss the appeal as being untimely pursuant

to App.R. 4(A)(1). No brief or memorandum in opposition to the motion to dismiss has

been filed.

{¶3} App.R. 4(A)(1) states in relevant part:

{¶4} “[A] party who wishes to appeal from an order that is final upon its entry

shall file the notice of appeal required by App.R. 3 within 30 days of that entry.”

{¶5} App.R. 5(A) states, in relevant part:

{¶6} “(1) After the expiration of the thirty day period provided by App.R. 4(A) for

the filing of a notice of appeal as of right, an appeal may be taken by a defendant with

leave of the court to which the appeal is taken in the following classes of cases:

{¶7} “(a) Criminal proceedings; * * *

{¶8} “(2) A motion for leave to appeal shall be filed with the court of appeals

and shall set forth the reasons for the failure of the appellant to perfect an appeal as of

right.”

{¶9} Here, appellant has neither complied with the thirty-day rule set forth in

App.R. 4(A)(1) nor sought leave to appeal under App.R. 5(A). Thus, this court is without

jurisdiction to consider this appeal.

{¶10} Accordingly, appellee’s motion to dismiss is granted, and the appeal is

hereby dismissed as being untimely.

{¶11} Appeal dismissed.

CYNTHIA WESTCOTT RICE, J.,

MATT LYNCH, J.,

concur.