[Cite as State v. Santiago, 2016-Ohio-7449.]
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO
STATE OF OHIO, : MEMORANDUM OPINION
Plaintiff-Appellee, :
CASE NO. 2016-T-0070
- vs - :
NATHANIEL JAMES SANTIAGO, :
Defendant-Appellant. :
Criminal Appeal from the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas.
Case No. 2010 CR 00842.
Judgment: Appeal dismissed.
Dennis Watkins, Trumbull County Prosecutor, and LuWayne Annos, Assistant
Prosecutor, Administration Building, Fourth Floor, 160 High Street, N.W., Warren, OH
44481-1092 (For Plaintiff-Appellee).
Nathaniel James Santiago, pro se, PID: A671-876, Belmont Correctional Institution,
P.O. Box 540, 68518 Bannock Road, St. Clairsville, OH 43950 (Defendant-Appellant).
TIMOTHY P. CANNON, J.
{¶1} Appellant filed a motion for leave to file a delayed appeal, pursuant to
App.R. 5(A), with this court on July 14, 2016. Attached to the motion were two trial
court entries: 1) the court’s order of July 25, 2011, sentencing appellant to community
control sanctions after he pleaded guilty to robbery, and 2) the court’s order of June 18,
2015, sentencing appellant to serve a prison term of 6 years after it found that he had
violated the court’s previous community control order. No notice of appeal was filed.
{¶2} Appellee, the state of Ohio, filed its response in opposition to the motion
for delayed appeal on July 25, 2016.
{¶3} App.R. 5(A) provides:
{¶4} “After the expiration of the thirty day period provided by App.R. 4(A) for the
filing of a notice of appeal as of right, an appeal may be taken by a defendant with leave
of the court to which the appeal is taken in the following classes of cases:
{¶5} “(a) Criminal proceedings;
{¶6} “(b) Delinquency proceedings; and
{¶7} “(c) Serious youthful offender proceedings.
{¶8} “(2) A motion for leave to appeal shall be filed with the court of appeals
and shall set forth the reasons for the failure of the appellant to perfect an appeal as of
right. Concurrently with the filing of the motion, the movant shall file with the clerk of the
trial court a notice of appeal in the form prescribed by App.R. 3 and shall file a copy of
the notice of the appeal in the court of appeals.” Emphasis added.
{¶9} As reasons for failing to file a timely appeal, appellant asserts that he was
never notified of his right to appeal by trial court or his trial counsel. He further indicates
that his appellate rights were not listed in his court paperwork.
{¶10} Appellee disagrees and indicates in its response to the motion that
appellant’s original signed plea agreement of May 5, 2011, clearly shows on pages
three and four that appellant waived certain constitutional and statutory rights, including
his right to appeal. Also, page four paragraph three of the plea indicates “[m]y attorney
has advised me that I may only be able to appeal the imposition of a maximum
sentence or other procedural issues regarding this plea. I also understand my other
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limited appellate rights that have been explained to me by the Court, and that I must file
an appeal within thirty (30) days of my sentence. I also understand that under certain
circumstances, the State may appeal my sentence.”
{¶11} In reviewing the signed plea agreement, appellant was clearly advised of
his limited appellate rights by his trial counsel and the court. Therefore, appellant has
not asserted a valid reason for the delay in perfecting his appeal as of right, and
therefore he has not satisfied the threshold in App.R. 5(A). Further, appellant has not
complied with App.R. 5(A) because he failed to file a notice of appeal in the trial court
concurrently with the filing of his motion for leave to appeal. See State v. Fisher, 46
Ohio App.2d 279 (1975); State v. Pavisich, 11th Dist. Portage No. 2014-P-0028, 2014-
Ohio-5313. Therefore, appellant’s present motion is procedurally defective.
{¶12} For the foregoing reasons, appellant’s motion for leave to file a delayed
appeal is hereby overruled.
{¶13} Appeal dismissed.
THOMAS R. WRIGHT, J., concurs,
COLLEEN MARY O’TOOLE, J., dissents with a Dissenting Opinion.
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COLLEEN MARY O’TOOLE, J., dissents with a Dissenting Opinion.
{¶14} I respectfully dissent with the majority’s position denying appellant’s
motion for a delayed appeal based on my dissenting opinions in similar matters
involving App.R. 5(A). State v. Christopher, 11th Dist. Portage Nos. 2013-P-0003,
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2013-P-0004, and 2013-P-0005, 2013-Ohio-1946, ¶14-22; State v. Grant, 11th Dist.
Lake No. 2013-L-101, 2014-Ohio-5378, ¶16-25; State v. Gibbs, 11th Dist. Geauga No.
2014-G-3201, 2014-Ohio-5772, ¶16-25; State v. Funk, 11th Dist. Lake No. 2014-L-094,
2015-Ohio-813, ¶16-24.
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