Court Opinion

ID: 2707014
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Date Created: 2014-08-05 13:22:28.613989+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:09:51.287830
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[Cite as State v. Castlin, 2014-Ohio-223.]

                               IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO

                                    TENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

State of Ohio,                                :

                 Plaintiff-Appellee,          :
                                                               No. 13AP-331
v.                                            :           (C.P.C. No. 12CR-3189)

Shaquanda Castlin,                            :         (REGULAR CALENDAR)

                 Defendant-Appellant.         :

State of Ohio,                                :

                 Plaintiff-Appellee,          :
                                                               No. 13AP-332
v.                                            :           (C.P.C. No. 11CR-6522)

Shaquanda Castlin,                            :         (REGULAR CALENDAR)

                 Defendant-Appellant.         :

State of Ohio,                                :

                 Plaintiff-Appellee,          :
                                                               No. 13AP-333
v.                                            :           (C.P.C. No. 11CR-1873)

Shaquanda Castlin,                            :         (REGULAR CALENDAR)

                 Defendant-Appellant.         :

State of Ohio,                                :

                 Plaintiff-Appellee,          :
                                                               No. 13AP-334
v.                                            :           (C.P.C. No. 11CR-6589)

Shaquanda Castlin,                            :         (REGULAR CALENDAR)

                 Defendant-Appellant.         :
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State of Ohio,                                :

                 Plaintiff-Appellee,          :
                                                                No. 13AP-335
v.                                            :              (C.P.C. No. 12CR-4458)

Shaquanda Castlin,                            :            (REGULAR CALENDAR)

                 Defendant-Appellant.         :

                                        D E C I S I O N

                                 Rendered on January 23 2014

                 Ron O'Brien, Prosecuting Attorney, and Valerie Swanson,
                 for appellee.

                 Yeura R. Venters, Public Defender, and Emily L. Huddleston,
                 for appellant.

                    ON APPLICATION FOR EN BANC CONSIDERATION

O'GRADY, J.
       {¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellee, State of Ohio, has filed a timely application for en banc
consideration, pursuant to App.R. 26(A)(2). The state argues that our decision in this
case, State v. Castlin, 10th Dist. No. 13AP-331, 2013-Ohio-4889, is in conflict with two
other decisions, State v. Gilbert, 10th Dist. No. 12AP-142, 2012-Ohio-5521, and State v.
Cusey, 10th Dist No. 13AP-243 (Oct. 3, 2013) (memorandum decision). For the following
reasons, we deny the state's application.
       {¶ 2} App.R. 26(A)(2), which governs en banc procedure, states in part:
                 (2) En banc consideration

                 (a) Upon a determination that two or more decisions of the
                 court on which they sit are in conflict, a majority of the en
                 banc court may order that an appeal or other proceeding be
Nos. 13AP-331, 13AP-332, 13AP-333, 13AP-334 and 13AP-335                                    3

               considered en banc. * * * Consideration en banc is not favored
               and will not be ordered unless necessary to secure or maintain
               uniformity of decisions within the district on an issue that is
               dispositive in the case in which the application is filed.

               (b) An application for en banc consideration must explain
               how the panel's decision conflicts with a prior panel's decision
               on a dispositive issue and why consideration by the court en
               banc is necessary to secure and maintain uniformity of the
               court's decisions.

       {¶ 3} The dispositive issue in this case, which the state focuses on, is that the trial
court failed to make the findings required by R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) before ordering appellant
to serve consecutive sentences. Castlin at ¶ 8. We, therefore, remanded this case for
resentencing in accordance with our precedent stemming from State v. Wilson, 10th Dist.
No. 12AP-551, 2013-Ohio-1520. Castlin at ¶ 8-10.
       {¶ 4} In Wilson, we held that 2011 Am.Sub.H.B. No. 86 ("H.B. No. 86") applies to
defendants that were sentenced on or after its effective date, September 30, 2011, by
operation of R.C. 1.58(B). State v. Bailey, 10th Dist. No. 12AP-699, 2013-Ohio-3596, ¶ 37.
R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) was enacted as part of H.B. No. 86. Id. at ¶ 36. Therefore, when there
is a dispute over whether R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) applies, the defendant's sentencing date can
be essential to that determination.
       {¶ 5} The state attempts to identify a conflict with Gilbert and Cusey by arguing
that the trial court in those cases did not make required findings before imposing
consecutive sentences, but this court did not remand for resentencing. However, nowhere
in either Gilbert or Cusey is R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) or H.B. No. 86 mentioned, nor is the
sentencing date of either appellant specified. Therefore, we cannot find that Gilbert and
Cusey are in conflict with this case on the issue identified by the state. Furthermore,
Gilbert pre-dates our decision in Wilson, and nowhere in Cusey did this court cite any
cases in the Wilson line of cases. There is simply no way to link the analysis in Gilbert and
Cusey to the analysis in this case or to the precedent established in Wilson and its
progeny. Therefore, we find that neither Gilbert nor Cusey have precedential value which
is in conflict with our decision in this case.
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       {¶ 6} Accordingly, the state's application for en banc consideration is denied. As
there is no identifiable intradistrict conflict, we do not find it necessary to further address
the state's attack on our analysis in the Wilson line of cases.

                                              Application for en banc consideration denied.

                                BROWN, J., concurs.
                          DORRIAN, J., concurs in judgment only.

DORRIAN, J., concurring in judgment only.

       {¶ 7} I respectfully concur in judgment only. Reviewing the cases suggested by
the state, I do not find they represent an intradistrict conflict with our application of plain
error doctrine in this context.

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