State v. Doyle, 06ca31 (3-3-2008)
State v. Doyle, 06ca31 (3-3-2008)
Opinion of the Court
FIRST ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR:
"THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY SENTENCING MR. DOYLE TO PRISON BASED ON FACTS NOT FOUND BY A JURY OR ADMITTED BY MR. DOYLE."
SECOND ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR:
"THE TRIAL COURT VIOLATED THE EX POST FACTO CLAUSE WHEN IT ORDERED THAT MR. DOYLE'S DRIVER'S LICENSE BE SUSPENDED FOR THREE YEARS BECAUSE R.C.
2921.331 (E), WHICH AUTHORIZES SUCH SUSPENSION, WAS NOT ENACTED UNTIL AFTER THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIMES OF WHICH MR. DOYLE WAS CONVICTED."2
{¶ 2} We first pause to briefly recount appellant's case history. In 2003, appellant was convicted of receiving stolen property and failure to comply with the order of a police officer. We affirmed that conviction. See State v. Doyle, Pickaway App. No. 04CA23,
{¶ 3} Ten days before our Doyle II decision, appellant filed a fourteen (14) page pro se motion "for counsel" and for "delayed reconsideration." Although the "motion" was untimely under App.R. 26(A) (B), and despite the fact that Ohio law does not allow *Page 3
for successive and repetitive applications to reopen appeal, we agreed to reopen the case for the limited purpose of determining whether the trial court failed to comply with R.C.
{¶ 4} Once reopened, we agreed with appellant's argument that the trial court did not properly inform him about post-release control and, thus, vacated his sentences. See State v. Doyle, Pickaway App. No. 04CA23,
{¶ 6} We have previously considered this argument and have rejected it each time. See State v. Harris, Adams App. No. 07CA836,
{¶ 7} Moreover, appellant cites nothing in his brief to prompt us to reconsider our prior rulings. Thus, we adhere to our previous decision and overrule appellant's first assignment of error.
{¶ 9} Appellant's original June 21, 2004 judgment of conviction and sentence suspended appellant's driver's license for three years starting May 4, 2007.3 Appellant did not claim in Doyle I or in any other previous appeals that his suspension was unconstitutional. The same penalty was re-imposed as part of the November 15, 2006 re-sentencing.
{¶ 10} Although subsection (E) of R.C.
{¶ 11} Having reviewed both errors assigned and argued by appellant in his brief, and finding merit in none of them, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
The Court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this Court directing the Pickaway County Common Pleas Court to carry this judgment into execution.
If a stay of execution of sentence and release upon bail has been previously granted, it is continued for a period of sixty days upon the bail previously posted. The purpose of said stay is to allow appellant to file with the Ohio Supreme Court an application for a stay during the pendency of the proceedings in that court. The stay as herein continued will terminate at the expiration of the sixty day period.
The stay will also terminate if appellant fails to file a notice of appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court in the forty-five day period pursuant to Rule II, Sec. 2 of the Rules of Practice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Additionally, if the Ohio Supreme Court dismisses the appeal prior to the expiration of said sixty days, the stay will terminate as of the date of such dismissal.
A certified copy of this entry shall constitute that mandate pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Kline, J. McFarland, J.: Concur in Judgment Opinion
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