Court Opinion

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[Cite as State v. Snyder, 2013-Ohio-1135.]

                                        COURT OF APPEALS
                                       STARK COUNTY, OHIO
                                    FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                               :   JUDGES:
STATE OF OHIO                                  :   W. Scott Gwin, P.J.
                                               :   William B. Hoffman, J.
                         Plaintiff-Appellee    :   Patricia A. Delaney, J.
                                               :
-vs-                                           :   Case No. 2013 CA 00006
                                               :
                                               :
JOSEPH SNYDER                                  :   OPINION

                     Defendant-Appellant

CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:                            Criminal Appeal from Stark County
                                                    Court of Common Pleas Case Nos.
                                                    2009-CR-2017(B), 2010-CR-0370(A),
                                                    and 2010-CR-0074

JUDGMENT:                                           Dismissed

DATE OF JUDGMENT ENTRY:                             March 22, 2013

APPEARANCES:

For Plaintiff-Appellee                              For Defendant-Appellant

JOHN D. FERRERO                                     JOSEPH SNYDER
Prosecuting Attorney                                Inmate No. 591-517
Stark County, Ohio                                  Loraine Correctional Institution
                                                    2500 S. Avon-Belden Road
BY: KATHLEEN O. TATARSKY                            Grafton, Ohio 44044
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Appellate Section
110 Central Plaza, South – Suite 510
Canton, Ohio 44702-1413
[Cite as State v. Snyder, 2013-Ohio-1135.]

Gwin, P.J.

        {¶1}     Appellant, Joseph Snyder, appeals from a judgment overruling his motion

for jail time credit. Appellee is the State of Ohio.

                                 STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND CASE

        {¶2}     In 2009 and 2010, the Stark County Grand Jury returned three indictments

against appellant on accumulated charges of twenty-five counts of breaking and

entering, eight counts of burglary, two counts of theft, one count of petty theft and four

counts of receiving stolen property. He pleaded guilty to all counts on August 23, 2010.

He was sentenced to an aggregate concurrent sentence of five years. By separate

entries filed September 13, 2010, he was given 256 days of credit for time served in

Case No 2009CR2017B, 233 days of credit for time served in Case No. 2010CR0074,

and 193 days of credit in case number 2010CR0370A. He did not appeal from these

entries.

        {¶3}     Appellant filed a motion for jail time credit seeking 256 days in each of the

three cases. The trial court overruled the motion on October 15, 2010. He did not

appeal this judgment.

        {¶4}     Appellant filed a second motion for jail time credit on November 15, 2012,

arguing that he is entitled to jail credit of 256 days in each of the three cases, based on

State v. Fugate, 117 Ohio St.3d 261, 2008-Ohio-856, 883 N.E.2d 440. The trial court

overruled his motion on December 17, 2012. He assigns one error on appeal:

        {¶5}     “APPELLANT WAS DENIED EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE OHIO

AND UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND THE DECISION IN STATE V. FUGATE

AND STATE V. ANDERSON WHEN TRIAL COURT DENIED HIS MOTION FOR
Stark County App. Case No. 2013-CA-00006                                                   3

AGGREGATE JAIL TIME CREDIT FOR 3 CONCURRENT CASES ON DECEMBER 17,

2012.”

         {¶6}   This Court has previously held that an order overruling a defendant’s

subsequent motion for credit for jail time is not a final, appealable order, as the

defendant should have pursued a direct appeal from the original entry which established

jail time credit. State v. Magee, 5th Dist. No. 04-CA-13, 2005-Ohio-483, ¶8, citing State

v. Tulley, 5th Dist. No. 2001CA00313, 2002-Ohio-1290.

         {¶7}   In the instant case, as in Magee and Tulley, appellant failed to file an

appeal from the original entry concerning jail time credit filed by the court in September

13, 2010. An appeal as to that entry is untimely, as the time within which an appeal

must be filed is thirty days pursuant to App. R. 4(A). The December 17, 2012, judgment

is not a final, appealable order.

         {¶8}   Further, this Court has held that when a defendant has filed a second

motion for jail time credit after his first motion has been overruled, there is no difference

between this second motion and a motion for reconsideration of the trial court’s prior

ruling on the first motion for jail time credit. State v. Ward, 5th Dist. No. 2005-CA-0092,

2007-Ohio-301, ¶18. Because a motion for reconsideration is a nullity at the trial court

level, any judgment resulting from such a motion is also a nullity, and the appellate court

is without jurisdiction to review issues that should have been raised in an earlier appeal.

Id. at ¶19.
Stark County App. Case No. 2013-CA-00006                                           4

      {¶9}   Because the judgment appealed from is not a final, appealable order, the

appeal is dismissed.

By: Gwin, P.J. and

Delaney, J. concur;

Hoffman, J. dissents

                                                ______________________________

                                                ______________________________

                                                ______________________________

                                                            JUDGES

WSG/r0308
Stark County App. Case No. 2013-CA-00006                                                  5

Hoffman, J., dissenting

   {¶10}     I respectfully dissent from the majority’s analysis and disposition of this

      appeal.

   {¶11}     While I recognize the ultimate result is the same as it pertains to

      Appellant, I believe the entry appealed from is a final appealable order. I find the

      argument raised is barred by res judicata; therefore, I would affirm the trial court’s

      judgment rather than dismiss the appeal.

                                                ________________________________
                                                HON. WILLIAM B. HOFFMAN
[Cite as State v. Snyder, 2013-Ohio-1135.]

                IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR STARK COUNTY, OHIO

                                    FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

STATE OF OHIO                                     :
                                                  :
                             Plaintiff-Appellee   :
                                                  :
                                                  :
-vs-                                              :       JUDGMENT ENTRY
                                                  :
JOSEPH SNYDER                                     :
                                                  :
                        Defendant-Appellant       :       CASE NO. 2013-CA-00006

       For the reasons stated in our accompanying Memorandum-Opinion on file, the

appeal of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas is dismissed. Costs assessed to

appellant.

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                                                                   JUDGES