Court Opinion

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[Cite as State v. Kendrick, 2011-Ohio-4433.]

                                        COURT OF APPEALS
                                     DELAWARE 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. 10-CA-23
JAMES J. KENDRICK                              :
                                               :
                                               :
                       Defendant-Appellant     :      OPINION

CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:                           Appeal from the Delaware County
                                                   Municipal Court Case No. 09TRC14473

JUDGMENT:                                          AFFIRMED

DATE OF JUDGMENT ENTRY:                            August 26, 2011

APPEARANCES:

For Plaintiff-Appellee:                              For Defendant-Appellant:

JOSEPH E. SCHMANSKY 0071860                          JAMES J. KENDRICK, Pro Se
70 N. Union St.                                      1488 Silversmith Dr.
Delaware, Ohio 43015                                 Delaware, Ohio 43015

Delaney, J.

        {¶1}     Defendant-Appellant James Kendrick appeals from the judgment of the

Delaware Municipal Court, finding him guilty of one count of Overtaking and Passing
Upon Right, in violation of Delaware City Code 331.04(b), a minor misdemeanor. The

State of Ohio is Plaintiff-Appellee.

       {¶2}    Assignment of error is as follows:

       {¶3}    “DEFENDANTS CONVICYION [SIC] WAS AGAINST THE MANIFEST

WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE.”

       {¶4}    We would begin by noting that Appellant fails to comply with App. R. 9(A).

App. R. 9(A) requires, in pertinent part:

       {¶5}    “(A) Composition of the record on appeal

       {¶6}    “The original papers and exhibits thereto filed in the trial court, the

transcript of proceedings, if any, including exhibits, and a certified copy of the docket

and journal entries prepared by the clerk of the trial court shall constitute the record on

appeal in all cases. A videotape recording of the proceedings constitutes the transcript

of proceedings other than hereinafter provided, and, for purposes of filing, need not be

transcribed into written form. Proceedings recorded by means other than videotape

must be transcribed into written form. When the written form is certified by the reporter

in accordance with App. R. 9(B), such written form shall then constitute the transcript of

proceedings. When the transcript of proceedings is in the videotape medium, counsel

shall type or print those portions of such transcript necessary for the court to determine

the questions presented, certify their accuracy, and append such copy of the portions of

the transcripts to their briefs.”

       {¶7}    In addition, the Ohio Supreme Court has stated in Knapp v. Edwards

Laboratories (1980), 61 Ohio St. 2d 197, 199, 400 N.E.2d 284, “The duty to provide a

transcript for appellate review falls upon the appellant. This is necessarily so because
an appellant bears the burden of showing error by reference to matters in the record.

See State v. Skaggs (1978), 53 Ohio St. 2d 162, 372 N.E.2d 1355. This principle is

recognized in App.R. 9(B), which provides, in part, that ‘ * * * the appellant shall in

writing order from the reporter a complete transcript or a transcript of such parts of the

proceedings not already on file as he deems necessary for inclusion in the record * * *.’

When portions of the transcript necessary for resolution of assigned errors are omitted

from the record, the reviewing court has nothing to pass upon and thus, as to those

assigned errors, the court has no choice but to presume the validity of the lower court's

proceedings, and affirm.”

       {¶8}   Appellant raises a manifest weight of the evidence argument in

challenging his conviction. “When evaluating whether a conviction is contrary to the

manifest weight of the evidence, the appellate court must review the entire record,

weigh the evidence and all reasonable inferences, consider witness credibility, and

determine whether, in resolving conflicts in the evidence, the trier of fact clearly lost its

way and created such a manifest miscarriage of justice that the conviction must be

reversed and a new trial ordered.” State v. Thompkins, 78 Ohio St. 3d 380, at 387, 1997-

Ohio-52 (emphasis added), citing State v. Martin (1983), 20 Ohio App. 3d 172, 175.

App.R. 9(B) also states, “If the appellant intends to urge on appeal that a finding or

conclusion is unsupported by the evidence or is contrary to the weight of the evidence,

the appellant shall include in the record a transcript of all evidence relevent to the

findings or conclusion.”

       {¶9}   Appellant failed to meet his burden by failing to provide a written transcript

of the entire trial proceedings. Although Appellant did attach twelve lines of transcript
testimony to his brief, this is insufficient for this Court to properly rule upon Appellant’s

assignment of error, which would require this Court to consider the entirety of evidence.

Moreover, this Court has previously held that [f]actual assertions appearing in a party's

brief, but not in any papers submitted for consideration to the trial court below, do not

constitute part of the official record on appeal, and an appellate court may not consider

these assertions when deciding the merits of the case.” State v. Lewis, 5th Dist. No.

2006-CA-00066, 2007-Ohio-4783, ¶7, citing Akro-Plastics v. Drake Industries (1996),

115 Ohio App. 3d 221, 226, 685 N.E.2d 246, 249.

       {¶10} Accordingly, the judgment of the Delaware County Municipal Court is

affirmed.

By: Delaney, P.J.

Farmer, J. and

Wise, J. concur.

                                          HON. PATRICIA A. DELANEY

                                          HON. SHEILA G. FARMER

                                          HON. JOHN W. WISE

            IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR DELAWARE COUNTY, OHIO

                              FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

STATE OF OHIO                                :
                                             :
                    Plaintiff-Appellee       :
                                             :
                                         :
-vs-                                     :    JUDGMENT ENTRY
                                         :
JAMES J. KENDRICK                        :
                                         :
                   Defendant-Appellant   :    Case No. 10-CA-23
                                         :

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

judgment of the Delaware County Municipal Court is affirmed.      Costs assessed to

Appellant.

                                             _________________________________
                                             HON. PATRICIA A. DELANEY

                                             _________________________________
                                             HON. SHEILA G. FARMER

                                             _________________________________
                                             HON. JOHN W. WISE