State v. Owens ( 2015 )


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  • [Cite as State v. Owens, 2015-Ohio-5231.]
    COURT OF APPEALS
    RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO
    FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
    STATE OF OHIO                               :       JUDGES:
    :       Hon. W. Scott Gwin, P.J.
    Plaintiff-Appellee                  :       Hon. Sheila G. Farmer, J.
    :       Hon. John W. Wise, J.
    -vs-                                        :
    :
    DAMELL OWENS                                :       Case No. 14CA95
    :
    Defendant-Appellant                 :       OPINION
    CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:                            Appeal from Court of Common
    Pleas, Case No. 2010 CR 686 D
    JUDGMENT:                                           Reversed in Part
    DATE OF JUDGMENT:                                   December 14, 2015
    APPEARANCES:
    For Plaintiff-Appellee                              For Defendant-Appellant
    DANIEL M. ROGERS                                    CASSANDRA J. M. MAYER
    38 South Park Street                                452 Park Avenue West
    Mansfield, OH 44902                                 Mansfield, OH 44906
    Richland County, Case No. 14CA95                                                         2
    Farmer, J.
    {¶1}   On September 29, 2010, the Northern District of Ohio Grand Jury indicted
    appellant, Damell Owens, and others on fifty-three counts related to drug trafficking
    (cocaine).
    {¶2}   On October 8, 2010, the Richland County Grand Jury indicted appellant
    on six counts of drug trafficking (marijuana) related to the federal charges.
    {¶3}   On October 20, 2010, appellant turned himself in and was incarcerated at
    the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center pursuant to the federal indictment.
    {¶4}   On December 14, 2010, appellant was transferred from the Northeast
    Ohio Correctional Center to the Cuyahoga County Jail on the federal charges.
    {¶5}   During his incarceration on the federal charges, appellant was served with
    the Richland County indictment and bond was set in the amount of $100,000 which
    appellant did not post.
    {¶6}   On April 17, 2011, appellant was transferred from the Cuyahoga County
    Jail to the Bedford Heights City Jail.
    {¶7}   On July 17, 18, 19, and 20, 2012, appellant resided in the Richland
    County Jail for hearings related to the Richland County indictment.             He was then
    returned to the Bedford Heights City Jail.
    {¶8}   On August 6, 2012, appellant was transferred from the Bedford Heights
    City Jail to Richland County to enter guilty pleas related to the Richland County
    indictment. By sentencing entry filed August 7, 2012, the trial court sentenced appellant
    to an aggregate term of ten years in prison, to be served consecutively to any sentence
    he received on the federal charges. The entry was silent as to jail time credit. Appellant
    Richland County, Case No. 14CA95                                                       3
    resided in the Richland County Jail from August 6, 2012, to August 7, 2012, and was
    then returned to the Bedford Heights City Jail.
    {¶9}    On September 20, 2012, appellant was transferred from the Bedford
    Heights City Jail to the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center.
    {¶10} On December 17, 2012, appellant pled guilty to one of the federal counts.
    {¶11} On January 7, 2013, appellant was transferred from the Northeast Ohio
    Correctional Center to the Richland County Jail.     Appellant resided in the Richland
    County Jail from January 7, 2013, to January 14, 2013, and was then transferred to the
    Lorain Correctional Institution to begin serving his sentence on the Richland County
    convictions.
    {¶12} By order filed January 11, 2013, the trial court ordered jail time credit of
    fourteen days, for July 17, 2012, to July 20, 2012, August 6, 2012, to August 7, 2012,
    and January 7, 2013, to January 14, 2013.
    {¶13} On September 2, 2014, appellant filed a motion for additional jail time
    credit, for time spent in jail when he was held in lieu of bond. By entry filed November
    7, 2014, the trial court denied the motion.
    {¶14} Appellant filed an appeal and this matter is now before this court for
    consideration. Assignment of error is as follows:
    I
    {¶15} "THE TRIAL COURT ERRED WHEN IT DENIED DEFENDANT'S POST-
    SENTENCE MOTION FOR THE ADDITIONAL JAIL TIME CREDIT FOR THE TIME
    SPENT INCARCERATED DURING THE PENDENCY OF HIS CASE WHEN HE WAS
    HELD IN LIEU OF BOND BECAUSE AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING, THE COURT
    Richland County, Case No. 14CA95                                                              4
    SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT DEFENDANT WAS ENTITLED TO JAIL CREDIT
    AGAINST HIS PRISON TERM FOR WHATEVER TIME HE WAS CONFINED WHILE
    THIS CASE WAS PENDING."
    I
    {¶16} Appellant claims the trial court erred in denying his motion for additional
    jail time credit as he was entitled to jail time credit for the time he was held in jail in lieu
    of bond. We agree in part.
    {¶17} R.C. 2967.191 governs credit for confinement awaiting trial and
    commitment and states the following in pertinent part:
    The department of rehabilitation and correction shall reduce the
    stated prison term of a prisoner or, if the prisoner is serving a term for
    which there is parole eligibility, the minimum and maximum term or the
    parole eligibility date of the prisoner by the total number of days that the
    prisoner was confined for any reason arising out of the offense for which
    the prisoner was convicted and sentenced, including confinement in lieu of
    bail while awaiting trial, confinement for examination to determine the
    prisoner's competence to stand trial or sanity, confinement while awaiting
    transportation to the place where the prisoner is to serve the prisoner's
    prison term, as determined by the sentencing court under division
    (B)(2)(g)(i) of section 2929.19 of the Revised Code, and confinement in a
    juvenile facility.
    Richland County, Case No. 14CA95                                                           5
    {¶18} In his brief at 10, appellant argues he is entitled to jail time credit from his
    initial incarceration, October 20, 2010, to his sentencing date, August 7, 2012, and from
    his sentencing date, August 7, 2012, to when he was transferred to the Lorain
    Correctional Institution, January 14, 2013.
    {¶19} During his incarceration on the federal charges, appellant was served with
    the Richland County indictment and bond was set in the amount of $100,000 which
    appellant did not post.
    {¶20} From the day appellant turned himself in, October 20, 2010, until January
    7, 2013, appellant was incarcerated in various institutions on the federal charges, save
    for some dates he was needed in Richland County for hearings on the Richland County
    indictment, to wit: July 17, 2012, to July 20, 2012, and his change of plea and
    sentencing hearing on August 6, 2012. During the change of plea hearing, the trial
    court stated, "[h]e is entitled to jail credit against his prison term for whatever time he's
    been confined while this case has been pending." August 6, 2012 T. at 14.
    {¶21} After accepting appellant's guilty pleas, the trial court sentenced appellant
    to one year, three year, and ten year sentences, to be served "concurrent to each other
    but consecutive to the time that's being earned for him in federal court." 
    Id. at 18.
    The
    sentencing entry filed on August 7, 2012 reflects this disposition.           However, the
    sentencing entry was silent as to jail time credit.
    {¶22} On January 11, 2013, the trial court filed an order, ordering jail time credit
    of fourteen days, for July 17, 2012, to July 20, 2012, August 6, 2012, to August 7, 2012,
    and January 7, 2013, to January 14, 2013. Notably absent in the order is the time
    between sentencing on August 7, 2012, to the transfer from the Northeast Ohio
    Richland County, Case No. 14CA95                                                         6
    Correctional Center to the Richland County Jail on January 7, 2013. Appellant was
    sentenced by the trial court at the time, and no other sentences had been imposed that
    could have been counted as a consecutive sentence until he was sentenced on the
    federal charges after pleading guilty on December 17, 2012.
    {¶23} Despite being held on other charges, but not serving any sentence on the
    other charges, appellant is entitled to jail time credit for August 8, 2012, to the date he
    was sentenced on the federal charges, presumably, December 17, 2012. Appellant's
    argument that he is entitled to jail time credit commencing with his incarceration on
    October 20, 2010 is flawed.
    {¶24} The sole assignment of error is granted in part.
    {¶25} The judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Richland County, Ohio is
    hereby reversed in part, and the matter is remanded to said court for the imposition of
    additional jail time credit.
    By Farmer, J.
    Gwin, P.J. and
    Wise, J. concur.
    SGF/sg 12/2
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 14CA95

Judges: Farmer

Filed Date: 12/14/2015

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 12/15/2015