State v. Schreiber

2019 Ohio 2963
CourtOhio Court of Appeals
DecidedJuly 22, 2019
DocketCA2018-03-026
StatusPublished
Cited by6 cases

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Bluebook
State v. Schreiber, 2019 Ohio 2963 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019).

Opinion

[Cite as State v. Schreiber, 2019-Ohio-2963.]

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

TWELFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT OF OHIO

WARREN COUNTY

STATE OF OHIO, :

Appellee, : CASE NO. CA2018-03-026

: OPINION - vs - 7/22/2019 :

JOSHUA T. SCHREIBER, :

Appellant. :

CRIMINAL APPEAL FROM WARREN COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case No. 16CR32217

David P. Fornshell, Warren County Prosecuting Attorney, Kirsten A. Brandt, 520 Justice Drive, Lebanon, Ohio 45036, for appellee

J.A. Kovach Law Co., LPA, Valerie Sargent-Wood, 115 West Main Street, Eaton, Ohio 45320, for appellant

HENDRICKSON, P.J.

{¶ 1} Appellant, Joshua T. Schreiber, appeals a decision of the Warren County Court

of Common Pleas revoking his community control and reimposing his original sentence.

{¶ 2} In September 2016, appellant pled guilty to one count of burglary in violation of

R.C. 2911.12(A)(3), a felony of the third degree, and two counts of menacing by stalking in

violation of R.C. 2903.211(A)(1), felonies of the fourth degree. Appellant was sentenced to Warren CA2018-03-026

three years in prison for the burglary conviction, which was run consecutively to concurrent

12-month prison terms on the menacing by stalking convictions, for an aggregate prison term

of four years.

{¶ 3} In June 2017, appellant filed a motion for judicial release. On August 21, 2017,

following a hearing on appellant's motion, the trial court granted appellant judicial release.

The court modified appellant's sentence to place him on community control with the

conditions that he serve six months at the Community Correctional Center ("CCC"), have no

contact with the victim, and pay $2,100 in restitution to the victim. The court noted that

appellant had earned 386 days of jail-time credit and advised appellant that a violation of the

rules of his supervision could lead to the remainder of his four-year prison term being

imposed.

{¶ 4} On October 12, 2017, appellant's probation officer reported that appellant had

violated the terms of his community control by having "numerous contacts with his victim"

and by being "unsuccessfully terminated from CCC on October 11, 2017." Appellant

ultimately pled guilty to the violations on October 25, 2017. The trial court continued

appellant on community control, noted that appellant had earned 450 days of jail-time credit,

and ordered appellant to complete a community-based correctional facility ("CBCF") program

and have no contact with the victim. Unlike the court's prior entry granting appellant judicial

release, the court's October 26, 2017 entry finding a violation of community control did not

set forth the prison term that could be imposed for any further violation of appellant's

community control.

{¶ 5} On January 31, 2018, appellant's probation officer again reported that appellant

had violated the terms of his community control. The officer alleged appellant had violated

Rule 13 of his community control terms by being "[u]nsuccessfully [t]erminated from the

-2- Warren CA2018-03-026

MonDay program on January 30, 2018."1 A preliminary hearing was scheduled for February

5, 2018, at which time counsel was appointed and appellant was ordered to remain detained

pending further proceedings. The final hearing on appellant's community control violation

was held on February 28, 2018. At the hearing, the state presented testimony from

appellant's probation officer and from a clinician from the MonDay program.

{¶ 6} Appellant's probation officer testified that as a condition of appellant's

community control, appellant was ordered to complete a CBCF program. The probation

officer noted appellant had been unsuccessfully terminated from CCC after approximately 30

days for bullying other residents, rule infractions, and an overall lack of performance in the

program. Appellant was subsequently unsuccessfully discharged from the MonDay program

on January 30, 2018.

{¶ 7} The clinician from the MonDay program testified that appellant was his resident

while appellant was in the MonDay program. Appellant had entered the program on

November 21, 2017 and was discharged for disciplinary reasons 72 days later, on January

30, 2018.

{¶ 8} While in the MonDay program, appellant had 24 rule violations, including

violations for wrestling, noncompliance with staff directives, improperly trading and loaning

items to other residents, and failing to follow his treatment plan. To address these violations

and appellant's behavioral issues, the clinician met directly with appellant and placed

appellant on two behavior contracts. Appellant was also placed on a Prison Rape Elimination

Act ("PREA") prepredator safety plan contract after N.M., a resident appellant had wrestled

with, reported appellant had made sexual gestures and comments towards him. Appellant

was advised by the clinician of the rules of that safety plan, which included having no contact

1. Rule 13 of appellant's community control terms required appellant to "follow all rules and regulations of treatment facilities or programs of any type in which [he] was placed or ordered to attend while under the -3- Warren CA2018-03-026

with N.M. and remaining at least 15 feet away from N.M. at all times.

{¶ 9} On January 29, 2018, appellant broke additional rules of the MonDay program

by showering at a time that was not designated for his pod and by remaining in the shower

area for more than 40 minutes when he was only permitted five minutes to shower. The

clinician had viewed still photographs taken from surveillance footage, which showed

appellant entering the bathroom at 9:01 p.m., entering the shower area at 9:42 p.m., and

exiting the shower area at 10:24 p.m. During the time that appellant was showering, N.M.

was also in the shower. The clinician believed that appellant was stalking N.M. However, on

cross-examination, the clinician admitted that it was possible that appellant may not have

known that N.M. was in the shower at the same time as him, as the shower stalls were

private and N.M. did not enter the shower area until 10:18 p.m.

{¶ 10} The clinician testified that in addition to appellant violating his behavior

contracts and PREA prepredator safety plan, appellant had made minimal progress in the

MonDay program. Although appellant had been in the program for more than two months,

appellant had not progressed beyond the first stage of the five-stage program.

{¶ 11} Appellant took the stand in his own defense, testifying that he had been making

progress in the MonDay program and that he had not bullied or made sexual comments

towards N.M. Appellant admitted to committing multiple rule violations, including wrestling

with N.M., loaning personal items to N.M., showering at a time that was not designated for his

pod, and being present in the shower area when N.M. was showering. However, appellant

denied knowing that N.M. was showering at the same time as him, saying he did not see or

hear N.M. at that time.

{¶ 12} After considering the foregoing testimony, the trial court found appellant had

violated his community control. The court revoked appellant's community control and

jurisdiction of the Court, and/or Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction." -4- Warren CA2018-03-026

reimposed its original sentence for the violation, ordering appellant to serve three years in

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