STATE v. CRUZ

No. 93403.

2010 Ohio 3717

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rayshawn Cruz, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: August 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin H. Cronin, The Brown Hoist Building, 4403 Saint Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44103, Attorney for Appellant.

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Patrick Thomas, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, The Justice Center, 9th Floor, 1200 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 44113, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before: McMonagle, J., Kilbane, P.J., and Cooney, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

CHRISTINE T. McMONAGLE, J.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Rayshawn Cruz, appeals from the trial court's judgment, entered after his guilty plea, sentencing him to 16 years in prison. He contends that the juvenile court's failure to address the issue of his competency prior to transferring his case to common pleas court constituted reversible error that mandates vacating his plea and remanding to juvenile court. Although...

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