State v. Mallet, Unpublished Decision (11-15-2001)
State v. Mallet, Unpublished Decision (11-15-2001)
Opinion of the Court
Defendant Raymond Mallet was convicted of felonious assault in violation of R.C.
THE COURT ERRED IN FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF R.C.2929.12 ,2929.14 , and2929.19 IN IMPOSING CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES.
Within this assignment of error, the defendant asserts that the trial court failed to make the required specific findings on the record necessary to impose consecutive sentences; that the trial court failed to notify the defendant of the consequences of committing any offense while serving the prison term; and that the court failed to notify the defendant that there will be a period of control upon release.
We first address the issue of whether the court failed to make the required findings on the record to impose a consecutive sentence. R.C.
If multiple prison terms are imposed on an offender for convictions of multiple offenses, the court may require the offender to serve the prison terms consecutively if the court finds that the consecutive service is necessary to protect the public from future crime or to punish the of fender and that consecutive sentences are not disproportionate to the seriousness of the offender's conduct and to the danger the offender poses to the public, and if the court also finds any of the following:
(a) The offender committed the multiple offenses while the offender was awaiting trial or sentencing, was under a sanction imposed pursuant to section
2929.16 ,2929.17 , or2929.18 of the Revised Code, or was under post-release control for a prior offense.(b) The harm caused by the multiple offenses was so great or unusual that no single prison term for any of the offenses committed as part of a single course of conduct adequately reflects the seriousness of the offender's conduct.
(c) The offender's history of criminal conduct demonstrates that consecutive sentences are necessary to protect the public from future crime by the offender.
Under R.C.
In the case sub judice, the trial judge made the requisite findings on the record in accordance with R.C.
* * * This was a situation where you made threats that you would use a gun to harm them, and then followed through * * *
* * * that's not the kind of behavior that we can accept in our society. It's the kind of behavior that, I think, puts people at risk and in great fear, and it was for that reason, the nature of these offenses and the kind of behavior exhibited, that I thought that consecutive sentences were appropriate. I though [sic] then and I think now that such sentences are necessary to protect the public from future crime. [Emphasis added]
In determining that the consecutive sentences are not disproportionate to the seriousness of the defendant's conduct the court underscored the particular facts in this case, stating:
The law requires me to determine whether or not these sentences are disproportionate to the seriousness of your conduct and the danger that was posed to the public, and I don't believe that they are. * * * Again, shooting a gun into an inhabited residential property without warning other than you're going to do it, where they have no opportunity to protect themselves from the gunfire * * *
[Emphasis added]
The hearing record cited above clearly indicates that the court properly considered all relevant factors as dictated by statute in imposing consecutive sentences.
We next address the defendant's assertion that the trial court failed to notify the defendant of the consequences of committing any offense while serving his prison term. R.C.
(3) * * * if the sentencing court determines at the sentencing hearing that a prison term is necessary or required, the court shall do all of the following:
* * * (b) Notify the offender that, as part of the sentence, the parole board may extend the stated prison term for certain violations of prison rules for up to one-half of the stated prison term;
R.C.
Lastly, we address the defendant's assertion that the trial court failed to notify the defendant that he would be subject to post-release control provision of R.C.
3) * * * if the sentencing court determines at the sentencing hearing that a prison term is necessary or required, the court shall do all of the following:
* * * (c) Notify the offender that the offender will be supervised under section
2967.28 of the Revised Code after the offender leaves prison if the offender is being sentenced for a felony of the first degree or second degree * * *
A trial court must inform the defendant at sentencing or at the time of a plea hearing that post-release control is part of the sentence. Woods v. Telb (2000),
THE COURT ERRED IN FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF R.C.2929.12 , R.C.2929.14 AND R.C.2929.19 IN SENTENCING APPELLANT TO MORE THAN THE MINIMUM SENTENCE ON COUNT TWO OF THE INDICTMENT.
The defendant's second assignment of error is without merit. Pursuant to R.C.
In his brief, while the defendant does not explicitly so state, he would have this court believe that he has never previously served a prison term. The record of the re-sentencing hearing, however, clearly states otherwise. The defense attorney explicitly stated that the defendant was previously incarcerated. (T.5) Moreover, a pre-sentence investigation was conducted and this court will presume that the trial court reviewed the report of that investigation. The pre-sentence investigation and report would have revealed the defendant's extensive criminal background and record of incarceration.
Therefore, R.C.
Judgment affirmed in part and remanded for re-sentencing in accordance with this decision.
It is ordered that appellee recover of appellant its 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.
PATRICIA ANN BLACKMON, P.J., AND JAMES J. SWEENEY, J., CONCUR.
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