Title: State v. Davie

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Davie, Appellant. 
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[Cite as State v. Davie (1996), _____ Ohio St.3d _____.] 
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Appellate procedure -- S.Ct.Prac.R. II(2)(A)(1), applied -- Failure to file 
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notice of appeal within forty-five days from entry of judgment being 
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appealed divests Supreme Court of jurisdiction to hear the appeal. 
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(No. 95-1214--Submitted September 26, 1995--Decided January 10, 
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1996.) 
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Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Summit County, No. 16252. 
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Appellant, Michael D. Davie, was convicted of felonious assault, two 
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counts of aggravated robbery, five counts of aggravated burglary, and 
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attempted murder with a firearm specification.  The court of appeals 
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affirmed the conviction on February 23, 1994.  State v. Davie, Summit App. 
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No. 16252, unreported.  He subsequently filed an application to reopen his 
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appeal under App.R. 26 (B).  On March 20, 1995, the court of appeals 
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denied the application because appellant did not attach a “sworn statement 
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of the basis for the claim,” as required by App.R. 26(B)(2)(d).1 
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Appellant then filed a motion for reconsideration, which the court of 
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appeals denied on May 5, 1995.  Appellant then filed his notice of appeal in 
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this court on June 16, 1995, within forty-five days of the journal entry on 
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reconsideration, but more than forty-five days after the journal entry 
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denying the application.  In addition to its brief, the state has filed a motion 
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to dismiss because appellant did not file the notice of appeal within forty-
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five days from the entry of the judgment being appealed. 
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Maureen O’Connor, Summit County Prosecuting Attorney, and 
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Philip D. Bogdanoff, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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Michael D. Davie, pro se. 
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Per Curiam.  S.Ct.Prac.R. II(2)(A)(1) states in part: 
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“To perfect an appeal from a court of appeals to the Supreme Court, 
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other than in a certified conflict case (which is addressed in S.Ct.Prac.R. 
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IV), the appellant shall file a notice of appeal in the Supreme Court within 
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45 days from the entry of judgment being appealed.  ***  Except as 
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provided in divisions (A)(2), (3), and (4) of this section, the 45-day time 
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period for filing a notice of appeal and memorandum in support of 
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jurisdiction is mandatory, and the appellant’s failure to file within this time 
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period shall divest the Supreme Court of jurisdiction to hear the appeal.” 
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S.Ct.Prac. R. II(2)(A)(2), (3), and (4) create no exception to the 
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jurisdictional appeal period.  The judgment being appealed is the March 20, 
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1995 judgment denying the application to reopen.  Accordingly, the state’s 
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motion to dismiss is sustained. 
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Motion to dismiss sustained. 
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MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, WRIGHT, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and 
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PFEIFER, JJ., concur. 
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COOK, J., not participating. 
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1 See State v. Lechner (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 374, 650 N.E.2d 449, holding that this sworn statement is 
mandatory.