State v. Hardy

2018 Ohio 5073

• Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
• Decided: December 17, 2018
• Docket: 2018-P-0078
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Cite as State v. Hardy, 2018-Ohio-5073.]

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO

STATE OF OHIO, : MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff-Appellee, :

-vs- : CASE NO. 2018-P-0078

EDWARD G. HARDY, :

Defendant-Appellant. :

Criminal Appeal from the Portage County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 95 CR 00209.

Judgment: Appeal dismissed.

Victor V. Vigluicci, Portage County Prosecutor, 241 South Chestnut Street, Ravenna, OH 44266 (For Plaintiff-Appellee).

Edward G. Hardy, PID# A321-360, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 5500, 15802 State Route North 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601 (Defendant-Appellant).

COLLEEN MARY O’TOOLE, J.

{¶1} Appellant filed a pro se Notice of Appeal on October 9, 2018, from a June

1, 2018 entry of the Portage County Court of Common Pleas denying his motion to

vacate a void judgment and set aside the sentence.

{¶2} A timely notice of appeal from that entry was due no later than July 2,

2018, which was not a holiday or a weekend. Thus, the appeal was untimely filed by

almost three months.

{¶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} “(b) Delinquency proceedings; and

{¶9} “(c) Serious youthful offender proceedings.

{¶10} “(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. * * *.”

{¶11} In the present case, 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. Appellant has a remedy to file an

untimely appeal from a criminal judgment under App.R. 5(A).

{¶12} Based on the foregoing, this appeal is hereby sua sponte dismissed as

being untimely.

CYNTHIA WESTCOTT RICE, J.,

TIMOTHY P. CANNON, J.,

concur.