State v. Bell

Ohio Court of Appeals
State v. Bell, 2023 Ohio 822 (2023)
E.A. Gallagher

State v. Bell

Opinion

[Cite as State v. Bell,

2023-Ohio-822

.]

COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO

EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA

STATE OF OHIO, :

Plaintiff-Appellee, : No. 111899 v. :

TIMOTHY A. BELL, :

Defendant-Appellant. :

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: March 16, 2023

Criminal Appeal from the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-21-665320-A

Appearances:

Michael C. O’Malley, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael Timms, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Cullen Sweeney, Chief Public Defender, and Rick L. Ferrara, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. EILEEN A. GALLAGHER, J.:

Defendant-appellant Timothy A. Bell (“Bell”) appeals the imposition

of an indefinite sentence pursuant to a conviction for robbery in Cuyahoga C.P. No.

CR-22-667283-A.1

Because this court in State v. Delvallie

2022-Ohio-470

,

185 N.E.3d 536

(8th Dist.) (en banc), has addressed and overruled Bell’s arguments that S.B.

201 violates the doctrine of separation of powers, we affirm Bell’s convictions.

Bell raised one assignment of error:

The trial court erred when it found S.B. 201 to be Constitutional and imposed an indefinite sentence pursuant to S.B. 201.

In

Delvallie, supra,

this court sitting en banc overruled the arguments

Bell presents in this appeal. As such, the sole assignment of error is overruled.

Judgment affirmed.

It is ordered that appellee recover from appellant 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.

1 Appellant’s notice of appeal incorporates a second case in which he entered a plea of guilty to drug possession in Cuyahoga C.P. No. CR-21-665320-A. In that case, he was sentenced to a term of one year which was ordered to be served concurrently to the sentence for robbery in Cuyahoga C.P. No. CR-22-667283-A. The Reagan Tokes Act does not apply to that sentence. A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the mandate pursuant to Rule 27

of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.

________________________ EILEEN A. GALLAGHER, JUDGE

FRANK DANIEL CELEBREZZE, III, P.J., and MICHAEL JOHN RYAN, J., CONCUR

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Reagan Tokes Law constitutionality. Appellant argued that his indefinite sentences imposed pursuant to the Reagan Tokes law were unconstitutional on the grounds the sentences violated his right to a jury trial, his right to due process, and the doctrine of separation of powers. Because the court overruled these arguments in State v. Delvallie, 2022-Ohio-470, 185 N.E.3d 536 (8th Dist.) (en banc), the judgments of the trial court are affirmed.