[Cite as State v. Kirk, 2020-Ohio-696.]

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO 

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT 

 MONTGOMERY COUNTY 

STATE OF OHIO 

Plaintiff-Appellee 

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DOMINIQUE A. KIRK 

Defendant-Appellant 

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Appellate Case No. 28353 

Trial Court Case No. 2019-CRB-209W 

(Criminal Appeal from 

Municipal Court) 

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O P I N I O N 

Rendered on the 28th day of February, 2020. 

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RONALD LEWIS, Atty. Reg. No. 0061980, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, New Lebanon 

Prosecutor’s Office, Appellate Division, 195 South Clayton Road, New Lebanon, Ohio 

45345 

Attorney for Plaintiff-Appellee 

 

JOHN A. FISCHER, Atty. Reg. No. 0068346, 70 Birch Alley, Suite 240, Beavercreek, 

Ohio 45440 

 Attorney for Defendant-Appellant 

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DONOVAN, J. 
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{¶ 1} Dominique A. Kirk appeals from an April 3, 2019 judgment entry which found 

him guilty on his guilty plea of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer 

in violation of R.C. 2921.331(B), a misdemeanor of the first degree. The court sentenced 

Kirk to 180 days in jail with credit for eight days served. 

{¶ 2} Kirk was charged by way of complaint on February 22, 2019 in the 

Montgomery County Municipal Court in New Lebanon. On April 3, 2019, he entered his 

guilty plea in exchange for the dismissal of a charge of domestic violence in Montgomery 

M.C. No. 2018 CRB 1434 and of another charge of failure to comply in Montgomery M.C. 

No. 2019 CRB 226. 

{¶ 3} We have taken judicial notice of the municipal court’s website in the instant 

matter to note that on April 11, 2019, the municipal court issued an order for drug 

intervention for Kirk at S.T.O.P for 90 days. A subsequent entry on April 29, 2019, 

reflects that Kirk escaped from S.T.O.P. on April 26, 2019, and he was arrested on the 

same day. The court then vacated the entry granting S.T.O.P. and ordered Kirk to be 

returned to jail to serve the balance of his sentence (150 days). Serving 150 days from 

April 26, 2019, Kirk would have been released on September 23, 2019. 

{¶ 4} Kirk asserts three assignments of error herein as follows: 

THE TRIAL COURT ERRED WHEN IT SENTENCED MR. KIRK TO 

A MAXIMUM JAIL TERM BASED ON UNKNOWN AND UNNAMED 

INDIVIDUALS WHO APPARENTLY HAD RUN FROM POLICE AND HIT 

BUSES. 

THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY IMPOSING THE MAXIMUM 

SENTENCE. 
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THE TRIAL COURT ERRED WHEN IT FAILED TO PERSONALLY 

ADDRESS MR. KIRK AND GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 

REGARDING THE SENTENCE. 

{¶ 5} Kirk’s assignments of error are primarily directed to his sentencing only. 

Since Kirk has finished serving his jail sentence, we cannot provide any meaningful 

remedy. See State v. Robinson, 2d Dist. Montgomery Nos. 26712, 26713, 2016-Ohio3277, ¶ 4. “We cannot restore to him any of the time he spent in jail on this conviction.” 

State v. MacConnell, 2d Dist. Montgomery No. 25437, 2013-Ohio-4947, ¶ 9. 

Consequently, this appeal is moot. See id; State v. Kinnison, 2d Dist. Darke No. 2010 

CA 1, 2011-Ohio-6324, ¶ 7; State v. Money, 2d Dist. Clark No. 2009 CA 119, 2010-Ohio6225, ¶ 25. 

{¶ 6} Because this appeal is moot, it is dismissed. 

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HALL, J. and WELBAUM, J., concur. 

Copies sent to: 

Ronald Lewis 

John A. Fischer 

Hon. James D. Piergies