State v. Ross

2018 Ohio 1213

Opinion

[Cite as State v. Ross, 2018-Ohio-1213.]

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO

STATE OF OHIO, : MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff-Appellee, :

-vs- : CASE NO. 2018-A-0021

JOSEPH P. ROSS, :

Defendant-Appellant. :

Criminal Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 2002 CR 120.

Judgment: Appeal dismissed.

Nicholas Iarocci, Ashtabula County Prosecutor, Ashtabula County Courthouse, 25 West Jefferson Street, Jefferson, OH 44047-1092 (For Plaintiff-Appellee).

Joseph P. Ross, PID# A451-768, Lake Erie Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 8000, 501 Thompson Road, Conneaut, OH 44030 (Defendant-Appellant).

CYNTHIA WESTCOTT RICE, J.

{¶1} On March 5, 2018, appellant, Joseph P. Ross, pro se, filed a notice of

appeal from a January 29, 2018 entry of the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas

denying his motion to vacate void sentence and/or resentence.

{¶2} Appellant’s notice of appeal was due to be filed by February 28, 2017,

which was not a holiday or a weekend. Thus, his appeal was untimely filed by five

days.

{¶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:

{¶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.

{¶12} Appellant has a remedy to file an untimely appeal from a criminal

judgment under App.R. 5(A).

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

being untimely.

{¶14} Appeal dismissed.

THOMAS R. WRIGHT, P.J.,

TIMOTHY P. CANNON, J.,

concur.