[Cite as State v. Snelling, 2013-Ohio-2633.]

COURT OF APPEALS 

RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO 

FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT 

STATE OF OHIO 

 Plaintiff-Appellee 

-vsREGINALD SNELLING 

 Defendant-Appellant 

JUDGES: 

Hon. William B. Hoffman, P.J. 

Hon. Patricia A. Delaney, J. 

Hon. Craig R. Baldwin, J. 

Case No. 12CA79 

O P I N I O N 

CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING: Appeal from the Richland County Court of 

Common Pleas, Case No. 10-CR-43 D 

JUDGMENT: Affirmed 

DATE OF JUDGMENT ENTRY: June 21, 2013 

APPEARANCES: 

For Plaintiff-Appellee For Defendant-Appellant 

JAMES J. MAYER, JR. JAMES L. BLUNT, II 

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY 445 West Longview Avenue 

RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO Mansfield, Ohio 44903 

BY: JILL M. COCHRAN 

Assistant Richland County Prosecutor 

38 South Park Street 

Mansfield, Ohio 44902 
Richland County, Case No. 12CA79 2

Hoffman, P.J. 

{¶1} Defendant-appellant Reginald Snelling appeals his sentence entered by 

the Richland County Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff-appellee is the state of Ohio. 

STATEMENT OF THE CASE1

{¶2} On June 8, 2010, Appellant was found guilty by a jury of abduction, failure 

to comply with an order or signal of a police officer and assault on a police officer. Via 

Sentencing Entry of June 15, 2010, Appellant was sentenced to seven years in prison 

and a mandatory three year term of post-release control. 

{¶3} On June 14, 2010, Appellant filed a direct appeal from his conviction with 

this Court in State v. Snelling, Fifth Dist. Case No. 10-CA-94. This Court affirmed 

Appellant’s conviction via Judgment Entry of June 22, 2011. See, State v. Snelling, 5th 

Dist. No. 10-CA-94, 2011-Ohio-3222. 

{¶4} On October 11, 2011, Appellant filed a pro se motion to vacate his 

sentence and for appointment of counsel. Via Judgment Entry of December 8, 2011, 

the trial court overruled Appellant’s motion. 

{¶5} On April 9, 2012, Appellant filed a pro se motion for sentencing. His 

motion was denied via Judgment Entry filed August 9, 2012. 

{¶6} It is from that entry, Appellant prosecutes this appeal, assigning as error: 

{¶7} “I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY FAILING TO ORALLY PRONOUNCE 

NOTIFICATION OF THE IMPOSITION OF POST RELEASE CONTROL AND THE 

 

1

 A rendition of the underlying facts is unnecessary for our resolution of the within 

appeal. 
Richland County, Case No. 12CA79 3

CONSEQUENCES OF A VIOLATION OF POST RELEASE CONTROL; THEREBY 

RENDERING THE SENTENCING VOID.” 

{¶8} In the sole assigned error, Appellant maintains the trial court erred during 

his sentencing in failing to orally pronounce the time period of post-release control and 

the consequences of violation as statutorily mandated by R.C. 2943.032. Appellant 

maintains his sentence is therefore void. 

{¶9} R.C. 2943.032 reads, 

{¶10} “Prior to accepting a guilty plea or a plea of no contest to an indictment, 

information, or complaint that charges a felony, the court shall inform the defendant 

personally that, if the defendant pleads guilty or no contest to the felony so charged or 

any other felony, if the court imposes a prison term upon the defendant for the felony, 

and if the offender violates the conditions of a post-release control sanction imposed by 

the parole board upon the completion of the stated prison term, the parole board may 

impose upon the offender a residential sanction that includes a new prison term of up to 

nine months.” 

{¶11} The statute pertains to the trial court’s acceptance of a guilty plea or of a 

plea of no contest. As set forth in the Statement of the Case, supra, Appellant was 

convicted of the charges following a jury trial. Therefore, Appellant’s reliance on R.C. 

2943.032 is misplaced. For the same result see, State v. Reid, 2nd Dist. No. 24841, 

2012-Ohio-2666 and State v. Panza, 8th Dist. No. 841777, 2005-Ohio-94. 

{¶12} The sole assignment of error is overruled. 
Richland County, Case No. 12CA79 4

{¶13} Appellant’s sentence in the Richland County Court of Common Pleas is 

affirmed. 

By: Hoffman, P.J. 

Delaney, J. and 

Baldwin, J. concur 

 s/ William B. Hoffman _________________

 HON. WILLIAM B. HOFFMAN 

 s/ Patricia A. Delaney _________________

 HON. PATRICIA A. DELANEY 

 s/ Craig R. Baldwin ___________________

 HON. CRAIG R. BALDWIN 

 
Richland County, Case No. 12CA79 5

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO 

FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT 

STATE OF OHIO : 

 : 

 Plaintiff-Appellee : 

 : 

-vs- : JUDGMENT ENTRY 

 : 

REGINALD SNELLING : 

 : 

 Defendant-Appellant : Case No. 12CA79 

 For the reason stated in our accompanying Opinion, Appellant’s sentence in the 

Richland County Court of Common Pleas is affirmed. Costs to Appellant. 

 s/ William B. Hoffman _________________

 HON. WILLIAM B. HOFFMAN 

 s/ Patricia A. Delaney _________________

 HON. PATRICIA A. DELANEY 

 s/ Craig R. Baldwin ___________________

 HON. CRAIG R. BALDWIN