[Cite as State v. Bronston, 2012-Ohio-2631.]

Court of Appeals of Ohio

EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT 

COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA 

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION 

No. 97558

STATE OF OHIO

PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE

vs. 

EDWARD BRONSTON

DEFENDANT-APPELLANT 

JUDGMENT: 

AFFIRMED

Criminal Appeal from the 

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas 

Case No. CR-451589 

BEFORE: S. Gallagher, J., Boyle, P.J., and Kilbane, J. 

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: June 14, 2012 
FOR APPELLANT 

Edward Bronston, pro se 

Inmate No. 471-390 

Marion Correctional Institution 

P.O. Box 57 

Marion, OH 43302 

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE

William D. Mason 

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor 

By: Daniel T. Van 

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney 

The Justice Center, 8th Floor 

1200 Ontario Street 

Cleveland, OH 44113 
SEAN C. GALLAGHER, J.: 

{¶1} This cause came to be heard upon the accelerated calendar pursuant to 

App.R. 11.1 and Loc.R. 11.1, the trial court records, and briefs of counsel. Edward 

Bronston appeals from the trial court’s order reinstating his reporting requirements under 

Megan’s Law. For the following reasons, we affirm. 

{¶2} In State v. Bronston, 8th Dist. No. 94936, 2011-Ohio-3576 (“Bronston I”), 

this court reversed the trial court’s decision reclassifying Bronston under the Adam Walsh 

Act and remanded the case for the limited purpose of reinstating Bronston’s Megan’s 

Law reporting requirements. On remand, the trial court held a hearing in which 

Bronston appeared, through video, with his attorney. The trial court reinstated 

Bronston’s Megan’s Law reporting requirements. Bronston, pro se, appealed, raising 

five assignments of error. 

{¶3} Bronston argues as follows: the trial court erred by not allowing him to 

address the court at the hearing; the trial court failed to address erroneous aspects of his 

underlying sentence, originally imposed on July 21, 2004; and the trial court failed to 

notify him of his right to appeal from the hearing reinstating his Megan’s Law reporting 

requirements. We note that his argument about the notice of his appellate rights is moot 

in light of the fact that this court granted him a delayed appeal. Bronston’s remaining 

arguments are without merit. His arguments generally address issues the trial court was 

without jurisdiction to resolve. 
{¶4} The scope of the remand from Bronston I was limited to reinstating 

Bronston’s Megan’s Law reporting requirements. Trial courts have no authority to 

extend the scope of remand limited by a mandate of this court. Nolan v. Nolan, 11 Ohio 

St.3d 1, 3, 462 N.E.2d 410 (1984), citing Briggs v. Pennsylvania RR. Co., 334 U.S. 304, 

306, 68 S.Ct. 1039, 92 L.Ed. 1403 (1948). Bronston addressed the court during the 

hearing and asked to introduce additional evidence unrelated to reinstating his Megan’s 

Law reporting requirements. The court correctly denied his request in light of the 

limited nature of the remand. See State v. Gates, 8th Dist. No. 82385, 2004-Ohio-1453, 

¶ 9 (jurisdictional concerns dictate that trial courts are not free to exceed the scope of the 

limited remand). The sole purpose of the remand was to reinstate Bronston’s original 

reporting requirements. The trial court properly carried out its mandate and reinstated 

his Megan’s Law reporting requirements. The trial court lacked jurisdiction to address 

any aspect of Bronston’s original sentencing or conviction. His assignments of error are 

accordingly overruled. 

{¶5} The decision of the trial court is affirmed. 

It is ordered that appellee recover from appellant costs herein taxed. 

The court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal. 

It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this court directing the common 

pleas court to carry this judgment into execution. The defendant’s conviction having 

been affirmed, any bail pending appeal is terminated. Case remanded to the trial court 

for execution of sentence. 
A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the mandate pursuant to Rule 27 of 

the Rules of Appellate Procedure. 

SEAN C. GALLAGHER, JUDGE 

MARY J. BOYLE, P.J., and 

MARY EILEEN KILBANE, J., CONCUR