[Cite as State v. Ulrich , 2012-Ohio-3726.]

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT MONTGOMERY COUNTY STATE OF OHIO Plaintiff-Appellee

v. STEVEN M. ULRICH Defendant-Appellant : : : : : : : : : : Appellate Case No. 24578 Trial Court Ca se No. 06-CR-5284 (Criminal Appeal from ( Common Pleas Court)

. . . . . . . . . . . O P I N I O N Rendered on the 17th day of August , 2012.

. . . . . . . . . . . MATHIAS H. HECK, JR., by CARLEY J. INGRAM, Atty. Reg. #0020084, Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office, Appe llate Division, Montgomery County Courts Building, P.O. Box 972, 301 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio 45422 Attorney for Plaintiff-Appellee STEVEN M. ULRICH, #547-557, P.O. Box 69, London, Ohio 43140 Defendant-Appella nt, Pro Se JASON A. CAVINDER, Atty. Reg. #0081371, 424 Patterson Road, Dayton, Ohio 45419 Attorney for Defendant-Appellant

. . . . . . . . . . . . . RICE, V.J. {¶ 1} Appellant, Steven M. Ulrich, appeal s from the judgment of the Montgomery 2

 County Court of Common Pleas resentencing him pur suant to a previous order of this court. Appellant’s appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California , 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967) asserting the record is devoid of any non-frivolous issues for this court’s review. A ppellant subsequently file d a pro se brief taking issue with his trial counsel’s performance. For the r easons discussed below, we affi rm the judgment of the trial

court. {¶ 2} On December 14, 2006, appellant stabbed tw o individuals with a knife. He was indicted and charged with two counts of feloni ous assault with a dead ly weapon and two counts of felonious assault resulting in serious bodily harm. After tr ial by jury, appellant was found guilty on all counts. He was ultimately sentenced to a co mbination of consecutive and concurrent prison terms to taling ten years. Appellant appealed his conviction challenging, inter alia, his trial counsel’s effec tiveness. This court, in State v. Ulrich , 2d Dist. Montgomery No. 22129, 2008-Ohio-3608 ( Ulrich I ), affirmed the trial court’s judgment. {¶ 3} Appellant later filed an application to reopen his direct app eal which this court allowed. And, in State v. Ulrich , 2d Dist. Montgomery No. 22129, 2009-Ohio-4610 ( Ulrich II ), this court reversed the trial court’s judgme nt of conviction. This cour t concluded that the crimes for which he was found guilty were allied offenses of similar impor t and, as a result, the trial court committed reversible error in failing to merge the multip le convictions into a single conviction. The matter was theref ore remanded to the tr ial court to comply with this court’s reversal order and resentence a ppellant accordingly. At the h earing on remand, the trial court stated its belief that it had merged the original convictions by imposing concurrent sentences on the felonious assault charges in each of the i ndictments. The court went on to resentence 3

 appellant to six years on the “merged charged [sic] in the A indictment” and “four years on the B indictment on the merged charges,” to be served consecutively, for a total term of ten years imprisonment. {¶ 4} Appellant appealed the sentencing order and, in State v. Ulrich , 2d Dist. Montgomery No. 23737, 2011-Ohio-758 ( Ulrich III ), this court again reversed the trial court’s judgment, vacated the sentencing entry, and remanded the matter for resentencing. As a basis for the order, this court held “[t]here is no indication in the resentencing transcript that the state was aware of its responsibility to elect one of the merged allied offenses for sentencing purposes.” Id . at ¶39. {¶ 5} As a result of this court’s remand order in Ulrich III , a resentencing hearing was held on March 10, 2011. During the hearing, a ppellant asked the trial judge to review a document which appellant alleged demonstrated his tria l counsel was suspended from the practice of law at the time he represented appellant. After listening to appellant’s overture, the trial judge advised a ppellant that the sole purpose of the h earing was for resentencing pursuant to this court’s order in Ulrich III . The court noted that appellant ’s current counsel could file a motion setting forth any concerns relating to th e propriety of appella nt’s trial counsel’s representation at a later date. Meanwhile, the court maintained, it would commence with resentencing on this court’s rema nd order. Accordingly, the state elected to have appellant sentenced on the two felonious assault counts a lleging serious physical harm. The remaining charges merged for purposes of sentencing. Appellant was subsequen tly sentenced to an aggregate term of ten years imprisonment. {¶ 6} Appellant filed a notice of appeal and appellate counsel was appointed. 4

 Appellant’s appointed counsel subsequently filed an Anders brief asserting, after a thorough review of the record, he found no non-frivolous i ssues to submit to this court for review. Appellant later filed a pro se brief asserting the following error for our review: {¶ 7} “Whether the constitutional rights unde r the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution were violated by being represented by Bernard Marshall a lawyer facing charges before the Ohio Bar Association prior to the trial of the appellant.” {¶ 8} Appellant claims he is en titled to a new trial because his trial counsel’s purported suspension rendered counsel’s assistan ce ineffective. We do not agree. {¶ 9} As discussed above, appellant urged the tr ial court to consider the validity of his trial counsel’s representa tion during the resentencing hearing. The trial court declined the invitation stating on the record that the parties had convened to comply w ith the remand order in Ulrich III , not to hold an evidentiary hearing on an unr elated issue. The court stated it had no motion before it to rule upon; if, however, appellant’s counsel prep ared a motion, then the matter would be given due attention. Th e court then proceeded to resent encing appellant in compliance with this court’s remand order from Ulrich III

. {¶ 10} The court advised appellant that it would not en tertain his concerns at the resentencing hearing. And, the court offere d no opinion on whether a ppellant’s concern was legitimate. In effect, the court issued no judgment or order rela ting to this issue. Without a judgment or order, there can be no final, appeal able order. We therefore lack jurisdiction to consider appellant’s pr oposed assigned error. {¶ 11} Moreover, even if the tria l court had issued a final j udgment relating to the above issues, this court, in Ulrich I , has previously addre ssed counsel’s alleged in effectiveness due to 5

 the purported suspension. This court stated: “T he trial court addressed counsel’s suspension prior to imposing sentence and concluded that the reasons for counsel’s suspension were unrelated to this case and that there was no basis to find ineffective assistance of counsel in this
case.” Id . at ¶52. This court subsequently conc luded that, regardless of his allegations, appellant failed to show his counsel rendered deficient perfo rmance. The argument was overruled. Because this court has already addre ssed appellant’s argument in the context of an ineffective assistance argument, th at particular issue is res judi cata, irrespective of counsel’s alleged suspension. {¶ 12} Regardless of this point, the final order from which this appeal was taken was the trial court’s judgment on resentencing. Appellant’s assignme nt of error does not challenge any aspect of this order. Because appellant’s ar gument is not relevant to the judgment being appealed, we lack jurisdicti on to consider the issue. {¶ 13} With respect to the hearing and j udgment on resentencing, the record demonstrates the state properly elected for purposes of convic tion and sentencing, count two, felonious assault, a violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(1), in the “A ” indictment, dated January 4, 2007; the state also elect ed count two, felonious assault, al so a violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(1), in the “B” indictment, dated February 18, 2011. Th e trial court then sent enced appellant to six years on the conviction for felonious assault in the “A” indictment and four years on the conviction for felonious assault in the “B” indictment. The senten ces were ordered to be served consecutively. Given the state’s election and the court’s sentence, the record indicates the remaining counts were properly merged for purposes of sentencing. {¶ 14} The court, at both the sentencing hearing and in its judgment entry, also stated 6

 appellant will serve a period of three years postrelease control after his release from prison. The language selected properly reflected the mandatory nature of the three-year term as required by R.C. 2967.28(B)(2). {¶ 15} Finally, the trial court’s judgment entry complies with the requirements of Crim.R. 32(C) and State v. Lester , 130 Ohio St.3d 303, 2011-Ohio-5204, 958 N.E.2d 142 (explaining Crim.R. 32C)). The judgment states appellant was found guilty by a jury of the charged offenses and that the st ate elected appellant to be se ntenced on two specific counts of felonious assault. The entry cons equently sets forth the “fact of conviction” on count two of the “A” indictment as well as count two of the “B” indictment. Lester , syllabus. The judgment furthermore set forth an express sentence on the convictions, the j udge signed the entry, and the order was time stamped indicating it was properly journalized by the clerk. Id

. {¶ 16} Pursuant to our obligation under Anders, supra , we have engaged in an independent review of the reco rd and, given our analysis, we therefore agree with appointed appellate counsel that there are no non-frivolous issues for our review. {¶ 17} The judgment on sentence of the Montgo mery County Court of Common Pleas is hereby affirmed.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . FAIN and FROELICH, JJ., concur.
(Hon. Cynthia Westcott Rice, Eleventh District C ourt of Appeals, sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio).

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 Carley J. Ingram Steven M. Ulrich Jason A. Cavinder Hon. Steven K. Dankof