Court Opinion

ID: 4504022
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2020-02-03 18:09:25.787812+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:54:21.500870
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[Cite as State v. Threatt, 2020-Ohio-333.]

                                    IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

                                ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                      PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO

STATE OF OHIO,                                   :         MEMORANDUM OPINION

                 Plaintiff-Appellee,             :
                                                           CASE NO. 2019-P-0113
        - vs -                                   :

KEITH A. THREATT,                                :

                 Defendant-Appellant.            :

Criminal Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 2017 CR 00563.

Judgment: Dismissed.

Victor V. Vigluicci, Portage County Prosecutor, 241 South Chestnut Street, Ravenna,
OH 44266 (For Plaintiff-Appellee).

Keith A. Threatt, pro se, PID# 760-996, Lake Erie Correctional Institution, 501
Thompson Road, P.O. Box 8000, Conneaut, OH 44030 (Defendant-Appellant).

TIMOTHY P. CANNON, P.J.

        {¶1}     On December 16, 2019, appellant, Keith A. Threatt, pro se, filed a motion

for leave to file a delayed appeal, pursuant to App.R. 5(A). No notice of appeal was

filed in the trial court.

        {¶2}     App.R. 5(A) provides:

        {¶3}     “After the expiration of the thirty day period provided by App.R. 4(A) for the

filing of a notice of appeal as of right, an appeal may be taken by a defendant with leave

of the court to which the appeal is taken in the following classes of cases:
         {¶4}   “(a) Criminal proceedings;

         {¶5}   “(b) Delinquency proceedings; and

         {¶6}   “(c) Serious youthful offender proceedings.

         {¶7}   “(2) A motion for leave to appeal shall be filed with the court of appeals

and shall set forth the reasons for the failure of the appellant to perfect an appeal as of

right. Concurrently with the filing of the motion, the movant shall file with the clerk of the

trial court a notice of appeal in the form prescribed by App.R. 3 and shall file a copy of

the notice of the appeal in the court of appeals. * * *.” (Emphasis added.)

         {¶8}   In the present case, appellant’s motion is procedurally defective because

he failed to file a notice of appeal in the trial court concurrently with the filing of his

motion for leave to appeal in this court.

         {¶9}   Accordingly, appellant’s motion is hereby overruled, and this matter is

dismissed.

         {¶10} We note that appellant is not barred from filing a new motion for leave to

file a delayed appeal, along with a notice of appeal, which complies with the rules of

court.

THOMAS R. WRIGHT, J.,

MATT LYNCH, J.,

concur.

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