[Cite as State v. Agee, 2014-Ohio-3684.]

STATE OF OHIO, MAHONING COUNTY 

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 

SEVENTH DISTRICT 

STATE OF OHIO, ) 

) CASE NO. 14 MA 20 

PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, ) 

) 

VS. ) O P I N I O N 

) 

KEVIN AGEE, ) 

) 

DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. ) 

CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeal from Common Pleas 

Court, Case No. 10CR1135. 

JUDGMENT: Remanded. 

APPEARANCES: 

For Plaintiff-Appellee: Attorney Paul Gains 

Prosecuting Attorney 

Attorney Ralph Rivera 

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney 

21 West Boardman Street, 6th Floor 

Youngstown, Ohio 44503 

For Defendant-Appellant: Attorney John Falgiani, Jr. 

8872 East Market Street 

Warren, Ohio 44484 

JUDGES: 

Hon. Joseph J. Vukovich 

Hon. Gene Donofrio 

Hon. Cheryl L. Waite 

Dated: August 19, 2014
[Cite as State v. Agee, 2014-Ohio-3684.]

VUKOVICH, J. 

{¶1} Defendant-appellant Kevin Agee appeals from the resentencing order 

of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court entered after this court remanded for 

merger of attempted murder with felonious assault. The state agrees that the 

sentencing order is flawed as it does not reflect what actually occurred at the 

resentencing hearing and thus contains a clerical error. Appellant’s assignment of 

error is sustained. This case is hereby remanded with instructions for the trial court 

to enter a nunc pro tunc entry deleting any references to a sentence on count three 

felonious assault. 

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

{¶2} Appellant was found guilty of the murder of Thomas Repchic. For the 

shooting of Jaqueline Repchic, he was found guilty of attempted murder (count two), 

felonious assault involving a deadly weapon (count three), and felonious assault 

involving serious physical harm (count four). He was also convicted of one firearm 

specification per offense. 

{¶3} The trial court merged the two felonious assaults so that only count 

three remained for sentencing but refused to merge the attempted murder with the 

felonious assault. In a May 23, 2012 sentencing entry, the court imposed fifteen 

years to life for murder plus three years on the firearm specification, ten years for 

attempted murder plus three years on the firearm specification, and eight years for 

the felonious assault in count three (but merged the firearm specification). The 

sentences were run consecutive for a total sentence of 39 years to life. 

{¶4} On appeal, this court overruled appellant’s trial arguments but 

sustained his sentencing argument. We concluded that the attempted murder and 

felonious assault offenses committed against the same victim should have been 

merged before sentencing as there was no separate animus for each offense under 

the particular facts of this case. State v. Agee, 7th Dist. No. 12MA100, 2013-Ohio5382, ¶ 2, 58-75, 105. We thus reversed and remanded for resentencing where the 

state would elect whether it wishes to proceed on attempted murder or felonious 

assault. Id. at ¶ 75. 
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{¶5} At the January 23, 2014 resentencing hearing, the state elected to 

proceed on the attempted murder rather than the felonious assault offense. (Tr. 2). 

The trial court then reimposed the ten year sentence on attempted murder plus three 

years for the firearm specification. (Tr. 10). The trial court thus imposed no sentence 

for felonious assault in count three. See Jan. 23, 2014 Sentencing Transcript. 

{¶6} The trial court’s March 21, 2014 sentencing entry states that counts 

two, three, and four were merged and noted the total sentence was now thirty-one 

years. However, the entry still contained the paragraph declaring that appellant was 

sentenced to eight years for the felonious assault in count three (and the sentence 

after this paragraph also improperly refers to a sentence on count three). 

{¶7} Based upon the trial court’s delay in filing its sentencing order, appellant 

filed a premature but timely appeal. 

ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR

{¶8} Appellant sole assignment of error provides: 

{¶9} “THE TRIAL COURT’S ‘JUDGMENT ENTRY OF RE-SENTENCING’ 

ERRONEOUSLY IMPOSES A SENTENCE FOR COUNT THREE (FELONIOUS 

ASSAULT) THAT WAS MERGED INTO COUNTS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.” 

{¶10} Appellant’s argument here is based wholly on the issue with the trial 

court failing to delete from its sentencing entry the language imposing a sentence on 

count three. The state recognizes the issue in the sentencing entry, agrees that no 

sentence was to be imposed on count three felonious assault, and consents to a 

remand. 

{¶11} As no sentence was imposed at the resentencing hearing for count 

three felonious assault, the state points out that any reference to a sentence on count 

three in the judgment entry represented a clerical error and thus we should order the 

trial court to fix the clerical mistake through a nunc pro tunc entry, citing Crim.R. 36. 

This remedy does not seem disputed as appellant asks us to reverse and remand for 

resentencing or grant such relief as we see just. In any event, the remedy of ordering 

the trial court’s to issue a nunc pro tunc entry is warranted here. 
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{¶12} Pursuant to Crim.R. 36, “Clerical mistakes in judgments, orders, or 

other parts of the record, and errors in the record arising from oversight or omission, 

may be corrected by the court at any time.” A clerical error or mistake is “a mistake 

or omission, mechanical in nature and apparent on the record, which does not 

involve a legal decision or judgment.” State v. Miller, 127 Ohio St.3d 407, 2010-Ohio5705, 940 N.E.2d 924, ¶ 15, quoting State ex rel. Cruzado v. Zaleski, 111 Ohio St.3d 

353, 2006-Ohio-5795, 856 N.E.2d 263, ¶ 19. 

{¶13} A nunc pro tunc entry can be utilized so that the judgment reflects what 

the court actually decided, but it cannot be used to make the judgment reflect what 

the court should have decided but did not. Id. In other words, it can be used so that 

the judgment states what the court ordered but which was not recorded properly. Id.

at ¶ 16, citing Caprita v. Caprita, 145 Ohio St. 5, 60 N.E.2d 483 (1945), ¶ 2 of 

syllabus (“The function of an entry nunc pro tunc is the correction of judicial records 

insofar as they fail to record, or improperly record, a judgment rendered by the court, 

as distinguished from the correction of an error in the judgment itself, or in the failure 

to render the judgment.”). See also State v. Qualls, 131 Ohio St.3d 499, 2012-Ohio1111, 967 N.E.2d 718, ¶ 24 (where court imposed post-release control at sentencing 

hearing but failed to record this part of the sentence in the judgment, the original 

sentencing entry can be corrected through a nunc pro tunc entry to reflect what 

actually took place at the sentencing hearing). 

{¶14} Here, the trial court at the sentencing hearing followed our orders on 

remand by having the state elect between attempted murder and felonious assault. 

When the state elected attempted murder, the trial court reimposed its sentence on 

that offense and did not impose any sentence for felonious assault. The sentencing 

entry does not accurately reflect the sentence that was imposed as it maintains the 

sentence for felonious assault, likely the remnants of the original sentencing entry 

used as a template. As a nunc pro tunc order would not involve the making of a new 

decision that was not made at the sentencing hearing, it is the proper vehicle to 

correct the clerical mistake in the March 21, 2014 sentencing entry. 
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{¶15} For the foregoing reasons, appellant’s assignment of error is sustained. 

This case is hereby remanded with instructions for the trial court to enter a nunc pro 

tunc entry deleting any references to a sentence on count three felonious assault. 

Donofrio, J., concurs. 

Waite, J., concurs.