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State v. Lusane

COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO
Sep 3, 2019
2019 Ohio 3549 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019)

Opinion

CASE NO. 2019-P-0027

09-03-2019

STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MATTHEW M. LUSANE, Defendant-Appellant.

Victor V. Vigluicci, Portage County Prosecutor, and Pamela A. Holder, Assistant Prosecutor, 241 South Chestnut Street, Ravenna, Ohio 44266 (For Plaintiff-Appellee). Matthew Lusane, A660-925, Trumbull Correctional Institution, 5701 Burnett Road, P.O. Box 640, Leavittsburg, Ohio 44430 (Defendant-Appellant).


OPINION

Criminal Appeal from the Portage County Municipal Court, Ravenna Division, Case No. 2015 TRC 1134 R. Judgment: Reversed and remanded. Victor V. Vigluicci, Portage County Prosecutor, and Pamela A. Holder, Assistant Prosecutor, 241 South Chestnut Street, Ravenna, Ohio 44266 (For Plaintiff-Appellee). Matthew Lusane, A660-925, Trumbull Correctional Institution, 5701 Burnett Road, P.O. Box 640, Leavittsburg, Ohio 44430 (Defendant-Appellant). THOMAS R. WRIGHT, P.J.

{¶1} Appellant, Matthew M. Lusane, appeals the denial of his motion to revise his sentencing judgment. As asserted, the trial court has not issued a single judgment setting forth both the fact of conviction and sentence.

{¶2} The trial court noted on the case file jacket that appellant plead guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. That notation is time-stamped but not signed and does not find appellant guilty. Separately, in a judgment entry, the trial court imposed a thirty-day jail term, suspended appellant's driver's license for two years, and fined him $550 and court costs. That judgment does not find appellant guilty.

{¶3} Appellant appeals the denial of his motion to issue a single judgment setting forth the fact of conviction and sentence:

{¶4} "The trial court abused its discretion by denying defendant-appellant's motion to revise the 2005 sentencing journal entry where it fails to comply with Crim.R. 32(C)."

{¶5} Appellant is entitled to, but did not receive, a single entry setting forth the fact of conviction and sentence. Crim.R. 32(C); State v. Lester, 130 Ohio St.3d 303, 2011-Ohio-5204, 958 N.E.2d 142, paragraph one of the syllabus. Failure to grant his motion constitutes reversible error. State ex rel. Daniels v. Russo, 156 Ohio St.3d 143, 2018-Ohio-5194, 123 N.E.3d 1011.

{¶6} Accordingly, the trial court's judgment is reversed and remanded. CYNTHIA WESTCOTT RICE, J., MARY JANE TRAPP, J. concur.


Summaries of

State v. Lusane

COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO
Sep 3, 2019
2019 Ohio 3549 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019)
Case details for

State v. Lusane

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MATTHEW M. LUSANE…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO

Date published: Sep 3, 2019

Citations

2019 Ohio 3549 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019)

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