Stаte of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis N. Lowe, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14AP-481
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO TENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
February 3, 2015
[Cite as State v. Lowe, 2015-Ohio-382.]
SADLER, J.
(C.P.C. No. 07CR-4388) (REGULAR CALENDAR)
Rendered on February 3, 2015
Ron O‘Brien, Prosecuting Attorney, and Kimberly M. Bond, for appellee.
Louis N. Lowe, pro se.
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas
SADLER, J.
{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Louis N. Lowe, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plеa. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
{¶ 2} On June 21, 2007, a Franklin County Grand Jury indicted appellant on one count оf aggravated murder with a firearm specification and one count of having a weapon under disability. On May 15, 2009, appellant entеred a plea of guilty to murder, in violation of
{¶ 3} Appellant did not file a direct appeal from that judgment. Appellant, however, did seek postconviction relief pursuant to
{¶ 4} Thereafter, on April 1, 2014, appellant filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea pursuant to
II. ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR
{¶ 5} Appellant‘s assignments of error are as follows:
[I.] The Trial Court failed during the change of plea hearing to inform Appellant of the right to confront his acсusers and to have his attorney cross examine them, and the right to testify on his behalf.
[II.] The Trial Court erred and abused its discretion when it denied Aрpellant‘s Motion to Withdraw his Guilty Plea as being barred by res judicata.
[III.] The Trial Court erred when it denied Appellant‘s Motion to Withdraw His Guilty Plea аfter a review of the record (transcripts), thus Appellant was not informed about Post Release Control or the consequenсe for a violation of Post Release Control rendering guilty plea void, thus not entering in a knowingly, voluntarily, or intelligently manner.
III. STANDARD OF REVIEW
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{¶ 7} A motion made pursuant to
IV. LEGAL ANALYSIS
A. First and Second Assignments of Error
{¶ 8} The arguments made by appellant in his first and second assignments of error are closely related. Accordingly, we will consider appellant‘s first and second assignments of error together.
{¶ 9} In аppellant‘s first assignment of error, appellant claims the trial court erred when it denied his motion to withdraw his guilty plea inasmuch as thе trial court failed to inform him that he was waiving certain constitutional rights by pleading guilty. More specifically, appellant claims thаt the sentencing judge failed to orally inform him that a guilty plea constitutes a waiver of his right to confront his accusers and his right to testify in his own defense. In his second assignment of error, appellant contends the trial court erred when it ruled that res judicata barred each of the claims raised in appellant‘s motion to withdraw his guilty plea.
{¶ 10} “Under the doctrine of res judicata, a final judgment of conviction bars a convicted defendant whо was represented by counsel from raising and litigating in any proceeding except an appeal from that judgment, any defensе or any claimed lack of due process that was raised or could have been raised by the defendant at the trial, which resulted in that judgment of conviction, or on an appeal from that judgment.” (Emphasis sic.) State v. Perry, 10 Ohio St.2d 175 (1967), paragraph nine of the syllabus. This court
{¶ 11} When a trial judge fails to explain the constitutional rights set forth in
B. Third Assignment of Error
{¶ 12} In his third assignment of error, appellant contends the trial court erred when it denied his motion to withdraw his guilty plea inasmuch as the sentencing judge failed to personally inform him that he was subject to a mandatory term of post-release control.1 Our review оf the May 19, 2009 sentencing entry reveals that the sentencing court did not impose a term of post-release control.
{¶ 13} An individual sentenсed for murder is not subject to post-release control because that crime is an unclassified felony to which the post-release control statute does not apply. See State v. Fischer, 128 Ohio St.3d 92, 2010-Ohio-6238, ¶ 10;
V. CONCLUSION
{¶ 14} Having overruled appellant‘s three assignments of error, we affirm the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Judgment affirmed.
DORRIAN and T. BRYANT, JJ., concur.
T. BRYANT, J., retired, formerly of the Third Appellate District, assigned to active duty under authority of the Ohio Constitution, Article IV, Section 6(C).