State v. WatsonState v. Watson
Judgment: Appeal dismissed.
Dennis Watkins, Trumbull County Prosecutor, Administration Building, Fourth Floor, 160 High Street, N.W., Warren, OH 44481-1092 (For Plaintiff-Appellee).
Kalen Watson, pro se, PID: A521-107, Lake Erie Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 8000, 501 Thompson Road, Conneaut, OH 44030 (Defendant-Appellant).
THOMAS R. WRIGHT, J.
{¶1} On June 24, 2015, appellant, Kalen Watson, filed his notice of appeal, pro se, from the trial court’s May 22, 2015 judgment entry denying his motion for jail time credit.
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{¶3} “[A] party who wishes to appeal from an order that is final upon its entry shall file the notice of appeal required by
{¶4} In this case, appellant’s notice of appeal was due no later than June 22, 2015, which was not a holiday or a weekend. Since his notice of appeal was not filed until June 24, 2015, the appeal is untimely by two days.
{¶6} “(1) After the expiration of the thirty day period provided by
{¶7} “(a) Criminal proceedings;
{¶8} “(b) Delinquency proceedings; and
{¶9} “(c) Serious youthful offender proceedings.
{¶10} “(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
{¶11} In the present case, appellant has neither complied with the thirty-day rule set forth in
{¶12} Based upon the foregoing analysis, the appeal is hereby sua sponte dismissed as being untimely.
{¶13} Appeal dismissed.
TIMOTHY P. CANNON, P.J.,
COLLEEN MARY O’TOOLE, J.,
concur.