State v. Jackson
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[Cite as State v. Jackson, 2010-Ohio-3465.] IN THE COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff-Appellee, : MEMORANDUM OPINION : CASE NO. 2010-A-0022 - vs - : LEROY JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant. : : Criminal Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 01 CR 318. Judgment: Appeal dismissed. Thomas L. Sartini, Ashtabula County Prosecutor, Ashtabula County Courthouse, 25 West Jefferson Street, Jefferson, OH 44047-1092 (For Plaintiff-Appellee). Leroy Jackson, pro se, PID: 441-433, Richland Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 8107, Mansfield, OH 44901 (Defendant-Appellant). DIANE V. GRENDELL, J. {¶1} On May 25, 2010, appellant, Leroy Jackson, pro se, filed a notice of appeal from a May 3, 2010 judgment issued by the Lake County Court of Common Pleas denying his motion for judicial release. {¶2} Pursuant to Article IV, Section 3(B)(2), of the Ohio Constitution, appellate courts have jurisdiction to review, affirm, modify, or reverse judgments or final orders from courts of record inferior to the court of appeals and from final orders or actions of administrative officers or agencies. {¶3} In State v. Coffman, 91 Ohio St.3d 125, 126, 2001-Ohio-273, the Supreme Court of Ohio expressly held that a trial court s denial of a motion for shock probation is never a final appealable order. In addition, appellate courts in Ohio that have addressed this issue after Coffman have held that the same logic is applicable to a denial of a motion for judicial release since it mirrors shock probation. State v. Woods (2001), 141 Ohio App.3d 549, 550; State v. Williams, 10th Dist. No. 07AP-1035, 2008-Ohio-1906, at ¶9; State v. Mayle, 5th Dist. Nos. 07-CA-0006 and 07-CA-0007, 2008-Ohio-3761, at ¶13; State v. Greene, 2d Dist. No. 02-CA-17, 2002-Ohio-2595, at ¶6. Since there is no right to judicial release, the denial of a motion for judicial release cannot affect a substantial right as that term is defined in R.C. 2505.02(A)(1). {¶4} Therefore, this appeal is hereby dismissed for lack of a final appealable {¶5} Appeal dismissed. order. CYNTHIA WESTCOTT RICE, J., COLLEEN MARY O TOOLE, J., concur. 2
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