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In re D.T.C.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga
Aug 30, 2022
2022 Ohio 3037 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022)

Opinion

111080

08-30-2022

IN RE D.T.C. A Minor Child

Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Lauren Hammersmith, Assistant State Public Defender, for appellant.


Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division Application for Reopening Motion No. 556988

Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Lauren Hammersmith, Assistant State Public Defender, for appellant.

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

SEAN C. GALLAGHER, A.J.

{¶ 1} D.T.C. has filed an application for reopening pursuant to App.R. 26(B). D.T.C. seeks to reopen the appellate judgment, rendered in In re D.T.C, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 111080, 2022-Ohio-1505, that affirmed the adjudication of delinquent conduct, in In re D.T.C, Cuyahoga J.C. No. DL-20109764, which constituted multiple felony counts had the acts been committed as an adult, arising from her participation in a drive-by shooting. We dismiss the application for reopening on the basis that App.R. 26(B) is not applicable to an appeal that involves a juvenile court's adjudication of delinquency.

{¶ 2} App.R. 26(B)(1) provides that "[a] defendant in a criminal case may apply for reopening of the appeal from the judgment of conviction and sentence, based on a claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel." The Ohio Supreme Court has established that a juvenile proceeding is civil in nature, does not involve a criminal case, and does not involve a conviction and sentence.

Juvenile courts hold a "unique place in our legal system." In re C.S., 115 Ohio St.3d 267, 2007-Ohio-4919, 874 N.E.2d 1177, ¶ 65. They are legislative creatures that "eschewed traditional, objective criminal standards and retributive notions of justice." Id. at ¶ 66. The overriding purposes for juvenile dispositions "are to provide for the care, protection, and mental and physical development of children subject to R.C. Chapter 2152, protect the public interest and safety, hold the offender accountable for the offender's actions, restore the victim, and rehabilitate the offender." RC. 2152.01(A). In contrast, the purposes of felony sentencing "are to protect the public from future crime by the offender and others and to punish the offender." R.C. 2929.11(A). In summary, juvenile adjudication differs from criminal sentencing-one is civil and rehabilitative, the other is criminal and punitive.
State v. Hand, 149 Ohio St.3d 94, 2016-Ohio-5504, 73 N.E.3d 448, ¶ 14. See also State v. Smith, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-274; State v. Kimbrough, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga Nos. 108172 and 108173, 2020-Ohio-3175; In re C.L., 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 104661, 2017-Ohio-7253.

{¶ 3} Because App.R. 26(B) references only an appeal from a criminal conviction and sentence, and a juvenile proceeding is civil in nature, we find that D.T.C. is not permitted to file an application for reopening in the appeal rendered in In re D.T.C, supra.

{¶ 4} Application dismissed.

EILEEN T. GALLAGHER, J., and MARY J. BOYLE, J., CONCUR


Summaries of

In re D.T.C.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga
Aug 30, 2022
2022 Ohio 3037 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022)
Case details for

In re D.T.C.

Case Details

Full title:IN RE D.T.C. A Minor Child

Court:Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga

Date published: Aug 30, 2022

Citations

2022 Ohio 3037 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022)