[Cite as State v. Johnson, 2014-Ohio-1875.]

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

STATE OF OHIO, : MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff-Appellee, : CASE NO. 2014-G-3200 - vs - : CINSEREE JOHNSON, : Defendant-Appellant. :

Criminal Appeal from the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 12 C 000142.

Judgment: Appeal dismissed.

James R. Flaiz, Geauga County Prosecutor, and Nicholas A. Burling, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Courthouse Annex, 231 Main Street, Suite 3A, Chardon, OH 44024 (For Plaintiff-Appellee).

Cinseree Johnson, pro se, 12450 Merritt Road, Chardon, OH 44024 (Defendant- Appellant).

THOMAS R. WRIGHT, J.

{¶1} A jury found appellant guilty of theft in violation of R.C. 2913.02(A)(1), a fifth degree felony. The trial court accepted the jury verdict and referred the matter for a presentence investigation. Appellant has not yet been sentenced.

{¶2} It is well established that a judgment of conviction is not a final appealable order until a sentence is rendered. State v. Donkers, 11th Dist. Portage Nos. 2003-P- 0101, 2003-P-0102, 2003-Ohio-549 at ¶4, citing State v. Chamberlain, 177 Ohio St. 104, 202 N.E.2d 695 (1964). Because the judgment entry appealed is not a final appealable order, this court currently lacks jurisdiction to grant relief. Therefore, the appeal is hereby dismissed. Appellant may appeal to this court once a sentence is imposed.

TIMOTHY P. CANNON, P.J., COLLEEN MARY O’TOOLE, J., concur.