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[Cite as State v. Martin, 2012-Ohio-2157.]

                                        COURT OF APPEALS
                                    MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO
                                    FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

STATE OF OHIO                                  :     JUDGES:
                                               :
                                               :     Hon. Patricia A. Delaney, P.J.
                       Plaintiff-Appellee      :     Hon. Sheila G. Farmer, J.
                                               :     Hon. John W. Wise, J.
-vs-                                           :
                                               :     Case No. CT11-0042
ANDREW R. MARTIN                               :
                                               :
                                               :
                       Defendant-Appellant     :     OPINION

CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:                           Appeal from the Muskingum County Court
                                                   of Common Pleas, Case No. CR2009-0110

JUDGMENT:                                          DISMISSED

DATE OF JUDGMENT ENTRY:                            May 10, 2012

APPEARANCES:

For Appellant:                                       For Appellee:

ANDREW R. MARTIN, #615-320                           D. MICHAEL HADDOX
P.O. Box 5500                                        MUSKINGUM COUNTY
Chillicothe, OH 45601                                PROSECUTOR
pro se
                                                     ROBERT L. SMITH
                                                     27 North Fifth Street
                                                     Zanesville, OH 43701
[Cite as State v. Martin, 2012-Ohio-2157.]

Delaney, J.

        {¶1} Appellant Andrew R. Martin appeals from the August 2, 2011 judgment

entry of the Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas denying appellant’s Motion to

Reconsider the denial of his Motion for Resentencing. Appellee is the state of Ohio.

                              FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

        {¶2} On August 3, 2009, with advice of counsel, appellant withdrew his plea of

not guilty and entered a plea of guilty to one count of failure to register as a sexual

offender pursuant to R.C. 2950.04, a felony of the first degree. The trial court deferred

sentencing upon completion of a pre-sentence investigation.

        {¶3} A sentencing hearing was held on August 31, 2009, and appellant was

sentenced to a mandatory prison term of three years. The judgment entry notes this

sentence is consecutive to a sentence imposed in Licking County Court of Common

Pleas, case number 09CR00048, and appellant is subject to a five-year period of

postrelease control.

        {¶4} Appellant filed no direct appeal from this conviction and sentence.

        {¶5} On January 27, 2010, appellant filed a Petition to Vacate or Set Aside

Judgment of Conviction or Sentence, alleging he received ineffective assistance of

counsel when he entered his guilty plea and the trial court failed to make findings in

support of the sentence

        {¶6} On February 8, 2010, the trial court denied the Petition to Vacate or Set

Aside Judgment of Conviction or Sentence.

        {¶7} Appellant did not appeal from this entry.
Muskingum County, Case No. CT11-0042                                                 3

       {¶8} On February 18, 2010, appellant filed a “Motion to Correct Sentence/Re-

Sentence Defendant” alleging the within sentence should have been concurrent with,

and not consecutive to, his sentence from Licking County. Appellant also moved for

an “Evidentiary Hearing” on the earlier Petition to Vacate which had already been

denied. The State responded with a Motion to Dismiss.

       {¶9} On March 11, 2010, the trial court denied appellant’s Motion to Correct

Sentence/Re-Sentence Defendant, finding a defendant convicted of a first-degree

felony, with a prior conviction of a first-degree felony, must receive a mandatory

sentence, and the consecutive sentence was a negotiated sentence as indicated by

the written plea form.

       {¶10} On May 12, 2010, appellant filed a Notice of Appeal from the trial court’s

decision of March 11, 2010. We dismissed this appeal as untimely.1

       {¶11} On July 2, 2010, appellant filed a “Motion for Relief from Judgment”

before the trial court. This motion was denied on October 8, 2010.

       {¶12} On July 14, 2011, appellant filed a “Motion for Resentencing,” asserting

the consecutive sentence is void. This motion was denied on July 18, 2011, with the

trial court noting, “Please refer to Entry filed March 11, 2010.”

       {¶13} On July 26, 2011, appellant filed a “Motion for Reconsideration.” This

motion was denied on August 2, 2011.

       {¶14} Appellant now appeals from the trial court’s judgment entry of August 2,

2011 denying the Motion to Reconsider.

1
 Fifth District Court of Appeals, Muskingum County, case no. CT10-0022. We also
note that on August 16, 2010, we denied appellant’s motion for delayed appeal. Fifth
District Court of Appeals, Muskingum County, case no. CT10-0033.
Muskingum County, Case No. CT11-0042                                                   4

        {¶15} Appellant raises two Assignments of Error:

        {¶16} “I.   IN THE CASE AT BAR THE TRIAL COURT ABUSED IT'S (sic)

DISCRETION WHEN IT DENIED THE APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR RE-SENTENCE

(sic), THEREBY VIOLATING APPELLANT’S UNITED STATES FOURTEENTH

AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF EQUAL PROTECTION OF LAW.”

        {¶17} “II. THE TRIAL COURT VIOLATED THE APPELLANT’S FOURTEENTH

AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF DUE PROCESS OF LAW AS IT

FAILED TO NOTIFY THE APPELLANT OF HIS DUTIES AND DURATION TO

REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.”

                                          I., II.

        {¶18} We dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the appeal is

untimely.

        {¶19} Appellant’s notice of appeal was filed on August 22, 2011 and purports

to appeal the trial court’s entry of August 2, 2011. However, appellant’s numerous

motions for resentencing, motions for relief from judgment, and motions for

reconsideration are collateral attacks on the trial court’s judgment entry of March 11,

2010.

        {¶20} None of these motions are substitutes for direct appeal. See, e.g., State

v. Jones, 5th Dist. No. 2011CA00236, 2012-Ohio-76, ¶ 12; State v. Adams, 5th Dist.

No. CT2011-0036, 2012-Ohio-17, ¶ 9; State v. Barcus, 5th Dist. No. 09 CA 51, 2009-

Ohio-3388, ¶ 31. Appellant’s August 22, 2011 notice of appeal was filed beyond the

requirement of App.R. 4 for the timely filing of an appeal of the trial court’s March 11,

2010 judgment entry.
Muskingum County, Case No. CT11-0042                                               5

      {¶21} Accordingly, we find this court lacks jurisdiction and dismiss the within

appeal.

By: Delaney, P.J.

Farmer, J. and

Wise, J. concur.

                                      HON. PATRICIA A. DELANEY

                                      HON. SHEILA G. FARMER

                                      HON. JOHN W. WISE

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[Cite as State v. Martin, 2012-Ohio-2157.]

            IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO

                                    FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

STATE OF OHIO                                  :
                                               :
                                               :
                       Plaintiff-Appellee      :
                                               :
-vs-                                           :   JUDGMENT ENTRY
                                               :
ANDREW R. MARTIN                               :
                                               :
                                               :   Case No. CT11-0042
                       Defendant-Appellant     :

       For the reasons stated in our accompanying Opinion on file, the appeal of the

August 2, 2011 judgment of the Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas is

dismissed. Costs assessed to Appellant.

                                             HON. PATRICIA A. DELANEY

                                             HON. SHEILA G. FARMER

                                             HON. JOHN W. WISE