State v. Busby, Unpublished Decision (6-25-2003)
State v. Busby, Unpublished Decision (6-25-2003)
Opinion of the Court
{¶ 3} Appellant timely appealed and sets forth two assignments of error for review. Appellant's assignments of error will be addressed together for ease of discussion.
{¶ 4} In his first assignment of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred by denying his motion to dismiss the forgery indictment against him. In his second assignment of error, appellant argues that the crime of forgery and the crime of receiving stolen property, both of which appellant was convicted of, are allied offenses of similar import under the facts of his case and, therefore, he should only be convicted of one of these crimes. This Court disagrees.
{¶ 5} In the instant case, appellant was indicted for the charge of receiving stolen property in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He pled guilty to an amended charge of attempted receiving stolen property in violation of R.C.
{¶ 6} Appellant argues that the above offenses as charged in his cases involved the same check and therefore, were allied offenses of similar import pursuant to R.C.
{¶ 7} Although appellant alleges his convictions are allied offenses of similar import because they involved the same check and course of conduct, he failed to provide the trial court with a transcript of the proceedings or other evidence from his Cuyahoga County case to substantiate this claim. Appellant bears the burden of proof on a motion to dismiss regarding multiple offenses. See State v. Walker (June 30, 2000), 2nd Dist. No. 17678 at 21. As appellant failed to provide an adequate record to meet his burden of proof at the trial court level, the trial court correctly denied his motion to dismiss the forgery indictment.
{¶ 8} Appellant's first and second assignments of error are overruled.
Judgment affirmed.
SLABY, P.J.
WHITMORE, J. CONCUR
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