DocketNumber: Case No. 99CA37.
Judges: EVANS, J.
Filed Date: 3/8/2001
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/18/2021
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY This is an appeal from the judgment of the Washington County Court of Common Pleas, which found Defendant-Appellant Donald Barth to be a sexual predator. Appellant argues that the trial court erred in failing to find Ohio's sexual predator statute, R.C. Chapter 2950, to be unconstitutional. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
On May 20, 1992, appellant was convicted of two counts of rape, one count of aggravated burglary, and one count of attempted rape. On September 13, 1992, the trial court sentenced appellant to an aggregate term of five to twenty-five years in prison.
On July 23, 1999, the trial court held a hearing pursuant to R.C.
FIRST ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR:
SECOND ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR:THE TRIAL COURT ERRED, IN VIOLATION OF THE EX POST FACTO CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, IN FINDING MR. BARTH TO BE A SEXUAL PREDATOR.
THIRD ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR:THE TRIAL COURT ERRED, IN VIOLATION OF THE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT CLAUSES OF THE
EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND SECTION9 , ARTICLEI OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION, IN FINDING MR. BARTH TO BE A SEXUAL PREDATOR.
FOURTH ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR:THE TRIAL COURT ERRED, IN VIOLATION OF THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLAUSES OF THE
FIFTH ANDFOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND SECTION10 , ARTICLEI OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION, IN FINDING MR. BARTH TO BE A SEXUAL PREDATOR.
FIFTH ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR:R.C. CHAPTER 2950, AS AMENDED BY H.B. 180, PROVIDES NO GUIDANCE AS TO HOW THE FACTORS IN R.C.
2950.09 (B)(2) ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AND WEIGHED, RENDERING THE LAW VAGUE, IN VIOLATION OF THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSES OF THEFOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND SECTION16 , ARTICLEI OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION.
THE TRIAL COURT ERRED, IN VIOLATION OF SECTION
1 , ARTICLEI OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION, IN FINDING MR. BARTH TO BE A SEXUAL PREDATOR, BECAUSE OHIO'S SEXUAL PREDATOR LAW IS AN INVALID EXERCISE OF THE POLICE POWER AND DEPRIVES INDIVIDUALS OF THEIR INALIENABLE AND NATURAL-LAW RIGHTS.
All of appellant's constitutional arguments have been considered and rejected by either the Supreme Court of Ohio or this court. See State v.Cook (1998),
Accordingly, appellant's Second Assignment of Error is OVERRULED.
The judgment of the Washington County Court of Common Pleas is AFFIRMED.
The Court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this Court directing the Washington County Court of Common Pleas to carry this judgment into execution.
A certified copy of the entry shall constitute the mandate pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure. Exceptions.
Harsha, J., and Kline, J.: Concur in Judgment and Opinion.
___________________________ David T. Evans, Judge