Court Opinion

ID: 9369683
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-02-09 16:09:37.878343+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:16:16.505333
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[Cite as State v. Williams, 2023-Ohio-376.]

                                    COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO

                                  EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                     COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA

STATE OF OHIO,                                    :

                 Plaintiff-Appellee,              :
                                                             No. 111583
                 v.                               :

DAISHIA WILLIAMS,                                 :

                 Defendant-Appellant.             :

                                    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

                 JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED
                 RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: February 9, 2023

              Criminal Appeal from the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
                                 Case No. CR-20-652478-A

                                              Appearances:

                 Michael C. O’Malley, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting
                 Attorney, and Mallory Buelow, Assistant Prosecuting
                 Attorney, for appellee.

                 Allison S. Breneman, for appellant.

MICHELLE J. SHEEHAN, P.J.:

                   Defendant-appellant Daishia Williams appeals the prison sentence

imposed by the trial court after she pleaded guilty to felonious assault. She claims

the trial court violated her constitutional rights by sentencing her under the Reagan
Tokes Law. Specifically, she argues the new sentencing law violates her right to a

jury trial and due process, and also violates the doctrine of separation of powers. In

State v. Delvallie, 2022-Ohio-470, 185 N.E.3d 536 (8th Dist.) (en banc), this court

addressed and overruled these claims. Accordingly, we affirm Williams’s sentence.

              The record in this case indicates Williams struck the victim with her

vehicle, causing the victim to suffer injuries that resulted in surgery. Williams

pleaded guilty to felonious assault as defined in R.C. 2903.11(A)(1), a felony of the

second degree. The trial court sentenced her to an indefinite sentence of three to

four-and-a-half years pursuant to the Reagan Tokes Law.

              In Delvallie, supra, this court sitting en banc found the Reagan Tokes

Law constitutional and overruled the arguments Williams presents in this appeal.

The trial court’s imposition of an indefinite sentence was proper. Williams’s sole

assignment of error is overruled.

              Judgment affirmed.

      It is ordered that appellee recover of appellant costs herein taxed.

      The court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.

      It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this court directing the

common pleas court to carry this judgment into execution.           The defendant’s

conviction having been affirmed, any bail pending appeal is terminated. Case

remanded to the trial court for execution of sentence.
      A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the mandate pursuant to Rule 27

of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.

___________________________________
MICHELLE J. SHEEHAN, PRESIDING JUDGE

EILEEN T. GALLAGHER, J., and
SEAN C. GALLAGHER, J., CONCUR

N.B. Judge Eileen T. Gallagher joined the dissent by Judge Lisa B. Forbes in
Delvallie and would have found that R.C. 2967.271(C) and (D) of the Reagan Tokes
Law are unconstitutional.