State v. Willams, Unpublished Decision (1-17-2003)
State v. Willams, Unpublished Decision (1-17-2003)
Opinion of the Court
OPINION
{¶ 1} Kelvin E. Williams, Appellant, appeals his sentence and conviction of the Licking County Court of Common Pleas. Appellee is the State of Ohio.{¶ 3} Count One: Attempted Murder, R.C. §
{¶ 4} Count Three: Aggravated Burglary, R.C. §
{¶ 5} Count Four: Felonious Assault, R.C. §
{¶ 6} Count Five: Felonious Assault, R.C. §
{¶ 7} Count Six: Retaliation, R.C. §
{¶ 8} Count Seven: Domestic Violence, R.C. §
{¶ 9} Count Eight: Child Endangering, R.C. §
{¶ 10} These charges resulted from an incident which occurred on May 4, 2001, when Appellant broke into the home of his former girlfriend's mother and assaulted his former girlfriend and her mother with a baseball bat, seriously injuring both.
{¶ 11} On November 8, 2001, the trial court sentenced Appellant as follows:
{¶ 12} Count One: Attempted Murder: ten (10) years
{¶ 13} Count Three: Aggravated Burglary: five (5) years
{¶ 14} Count Four: Felonious Assault: five (5) years
{¶ 15} Count Five: Felonious Assault: five (5) years
{¶ 16} Count Six: Retaliation: three (3) years
{¶ 17} Count Seven: Domestic Violence: nine (9) months
{¶ 18} Count Eight: Child Endangering: six (6) months
{¶ 19} Counts One, Four, Six, Seven and Eight were ordered to be served concurrently, Counts three and five were ordered to be served concurrent to each other but consecutive to the other counts.
{¶ 20} On June 6, 2002, Appellant filed a Pro Se Motion to Vacate Guilty Plea and Set Aside Judgment of Sentence.
{¶ 21} On July 8, 2002, the trial court held a non-oral hearing on Appellant's motion.
{¶ 22} On July 12, 2002, the trial court denied said motion.
{¶ 23} On August 7, 2002, Appellant filed the instant appeal, assigning the following error for review:
{¶ 26} R.C. §
{¶ 27} Appellant also argues felonious assault is a lesser included offense of attempted murder. In State v. Barnes (2002),
{¶ 28} In State v. Deem (1988),
{¶ 29} Someone can engage in conduct so as to knowingly cause serious physical harm without attempting to kill that person. Likewise, someone could attempt to cause another person's death, but be unsuccessful, thereby not causing serious physical harm to the person.
{¶ 30} We find the elements of attempted murder, felonious assault and domestic violence do not meet the requirements of Rance, supra, and so for this reason, the offenses are not allied offenses of similar import. Likewise, we find felonious assault is not a lesser included offense of attempted murder.
{¶ 31} We further find that the trial court ran all the charges as to Justine Mulford (Counts 1, 4, 6 and 7) concurrent to each other and the charges as to Genuta Mulford (Counts 3 and 5) concurrent to each other. The court then ran those charges as to the separate victims consecutively.
{¶ 32} It follows the court did not commit error in sentencing. Accordingly, Appellant's sole assignment of error is overruled.
{¶ 33} For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Licking County, Ohio, is affirmed, and the cause is remanded to that court for execution of sentence.
By Boggins, J., Farmer, P.J. and Edwards, J., concur.
Topic: Attempted murder, felonious assault not allied offenses of similar import.
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