State v. Lowe, Unpublished Decision (3-31-1999)
State v. Lowe, Unpublished Decision (3-31-1999)
Opinion of the Court
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made: Defendant-appellant David Chester Lowe has appealed from a judgment of the Summit County Common Pleas Court that found him to be a sexual predator. He has raised four assignments of error. This Court affirms the judgment of the trial court.
On July 29, 1994, defendant entered a plea of guilty to one count of rape and was sentenced by the Summit County Common Pleas Court. Defendant apparently videotaped himself performing sexual acts on a nine-year-old boy. On September 22, 1997, the trial court held a hearing to determine whether defendant should be classified as a sexual predator pursuant to Section
Defendant's first assignment of error is:
The trial court erred when it found that Ohio RevisedCode Section
Defendant has asserted that, pursuant to Article
The Ohio Supreme Court has held that the requirements of Section
Defendant's second assignment of error is:
The trial court erred in not finding application of OhioRevised Code Section
Defendant has argued that application of Section
Defendant's third assignment of error is:
The trial court erred in not finding that Ohio RevisedCode Section
Defendant has argued that Section
Defendant's fourth assignment of error is:
The trial court erred in determining that the State metits' [sic] burden, by clear and convincing evidence,that [defendant] be classified as a sexual predator, asset forth in Ohio Revised Code Section
Defendant essentially has argued that there was insufficient evidence to support the trial court's determination that he is a sexual predator. He has also argued that the trial court was required to consider ten factors, pursuant to Section
Defendant's argument lacks merit. The factors that a trial court must consider when making its sexual predator determination include: (1) the offender's age; (2) the offender's prior criminal record; (3) the age of the victim; (4) whether the sexually oriented offense for which sentence was imposed involved multiple victims; (5) whether the offender used drugs or alcohol to impair the victim or to prevent the victim from resisting; (6) whether the offender has completed his sentence for any prior criminal conviction or, if the prior offense was a sex offense or a sexually oriented offense, whether the offender participated in available programs for sexual offenders; (7) any mental illness or mental disability of the offender; (8) the nature of the offender's conduct and whether that conduct was part of a demonstrated pattern of abuse; (9) whether the offender displayed cruelty or made one or more threats of cruelty during the commission of the crime; and (10) any additional behavioral characteristics that contributed to the offender's conduct. See Section
The State is not required to demonstrate every factor in Section
In this case, the evidence showed that defendant was approximately 57 years old at the time of the offense and that his victim was a nine-year-old boy. Defendant was convicted of raping that boy. Defendant fondled the boy and inserted his finger into the boy's rectum. He also attempted to penetrate the child with his penis. Further, he attempted to have oral sex with the boy. Defendant videotaped the incident. In addition, it appeared as if the child had been drugged because he did not move when defendant fondled him.
The State presented evidence of several of the factors of Section
Defendant's assignments of error are overruled. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
The Court finds that there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
We order that a special mandate issue out of this Court, directing the County of Summit, Court of Common Pleas, to carry this judgment into execution. A certified copy of this journal entry shall constitute the mandate, pursuant to App.R. 27.
Immediately upon the filing hereof, this document shall constitute the journal entry of judgment, and it shall be file stamped by the Clerk of the Court of Appeals at which time the period for review shall begin to run. App.R. 22(E).
FOR THE COURT
CARR, P. J.
QUILLIN, J.
CONCUR
(Cacioppo, J., retired Judge of the Ninth District Court of Appeals, sitting by assignment pursuant to Section 6(C), Article IV, Constitution.)
(Quillin, J., retired Judge of the Ninth District Court of Appeals, sitting by assignment pursuant to Section 6(C), Article IV, Constitution.)
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