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STATE OF OHIO ) IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
)ss: NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COUNTY OF LORAIN )
STATE OF OHIO C.A. No. 15CA010753
Appellee
v. APPEAL FROM JUDGMENT
ENTERED IN THE
MICHAEL B. MOORE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
COUNTY OF LORAIN, OHIO
Appellant CASE No. 14CR089050
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
Dated: September 11, 2017
TEODOSIO, Judge.
{¶1} Appellant, Michael B. Moore, appeals from his convictions in the Lorain County
Court of Common Pleas. We affirm.
I.
{¶2} Mr. Moore pled guilty to one count of aggravated robbery with firearm
specifications, three counts of robbery with firearm specifications, one count of tampering with
evidence, one count of receiving stolen property with firearm specifications, and one count of
obstructing official business. He was found guilty and sentenced to an aggregate total of twelve
years in prison.
{¶3} Mr. Moore filed a motion for leave to file a delayed appeal, which this Court
granted. He now appeals from his convictions and raises one assignment of error for this Court’s
review.
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II.
ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR ONE
THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN FAILING TO ADVISE APPELLANT OF HIS
RIGHT TO APPEAL AT SENTENCING.
{¶4} In his sole assignment of error, Mr. Moore argues that the trial court erred by not
advising him at sentencing of his right to appeal, his right to appellate counsel, his right to an
appeal without payment if indigent, and the time-sensitive nature of an appeal. He claims his
sentence is void and that he must be resentenced. We disagree.
{¶5} Crim.R. 32(B)(2) states “[a]fter imposing sentence in a serious offense, the court
shall advise the defendant of the defendant’s right, where applicable, to appeal or to seek leave to
appeal the sentence imposed.” Crim.R. 32(B)(3) further states:
If a right to appeal or a right to seek leave to appeal applies under division (B)(1)
or (B)(2) of this rule, the court also shall advise the defendant of all of the
following:
(a) That if the defendant is unable to pay the cost of an appeal, the
defendant has the right to appeal without payment;
(b) That if the defendant is unable to obtain counsel for an appeal, counsel
will be appointed without cost;
(c) That if the defendant is unable to pay the costs of documents necessary
to an appeal, the documents will be provided without cost;
(d) That the defendant has a right to have a notice of appeal timely filed on
his or her behalf.
{¶6} The parties agree that the trial court did not advise Mr. Moore of his right to
appeal at the sentencing hearing. However, any error in the trial court’s failure to advise Mr.
Moore of his right to appeal was harmless, as he has failed to allege or demonstrate prejudice.
See State v. Gordon, 9th Dist. Summit No. 25317,
2011-Ohio-1045
, ¶ 14. This Court granted
Mr. Moore’s motion for leave to file a delayed appeal and appointed appellate counsel to
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represent him, rendering harmless any error in the trial court’s failure to notify him of his
appellate rights. See State v. Meredith, 9th Dist. Summit No. 25198,
2011-Ohio-1517
, ¶ 8.
Accordingly, there was no reversible error in this case. See Gordon at ¶ 14.
{¶7} Mr. Moore’s first assignment of error is overruled.
III.
{¶8} Mr. Moore’s sole assignment of error is overruled. The judgment of the Lorain
County Court of Common Pleas is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
There were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
We order that a special mandate issue out of this Court, directing the Court of Common
Pleas, County of Lorain, State of Ohio, to carry this judgment into execution. A certified copy of
this journal entry shall constitute the mandate, pursuant to App.R. 27.
Immediately upon the filing hereof, this document shall constitute the journal entry of
judgment, and it shall be file stamped by the Clerk of the Court of Appeals at which time the
period for review shall begin to run. App.R. 22(C). The Clerk of the Court of Appeals is
instructed to mail a notice of entry of this judgment to the parties and to make a notation of the
mailing in the docket, pursuant to App.R. 30.
Costs taxed to Appellant.
THOMAS A. TEODOSIO
FOR THE COURT
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SCHAFER, P. J.
CARR, J.
CONCUR.
APPEARANCES:
GIOVANNA V. SCALETTA-BREMKE, Attorney at Law, for Appellant.
DENNIS P. WILL, Prosecuting Attorney, and NATASHA RUIZ GUERRIERI, Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney, for Appellee.
