COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA NO. 68537 CITY OF CLEVELAND : : : PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE : JOURNAL ENTRY : v. : AND : DUANE COLLIER : OPINION : : DEFENDANT-APPELLANT : DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISION: NOVEMBER 22, 1995 CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING: Criminal appeal from Cleveland Municipal Court, No. 94-CRB-22412. JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED. DATE OF JOURNALIZATION: APPEARANCES: For Plaintiff-Appellee: George A. Pace, Esq. First Assistant City Prosecutor City of Cleveland Justice Center - 8th Floor 1200 Ontario Street Cleveland, OH 44113 For Defendant-Appellant: Duane K. Collier, pro se 21851 Libby Road, C-26 Bedford Heights, OH 44146 -2- DAVID T. MATIA, J.: Duane Collier, defendant-appellant, appeals from his conviction for violation of Cleveland Codified Ordinance 619.09, solicitation. Appellant assigns seven assignments of error. For the following reasons, we affirm appellant's conviction. I. STATEMENT OF FACTS On August 10, 1994, Duane Collier, defendant-appellant, was driving on Lee Road, Cleveland, Ohio. Officer Henderson and Detective Parries of the Cleveland Police Department were on prostitution detail in the area. Officer Henderson testified that, at approximately 11:00 p.m., appellant engaged in a conversation with her and told her that he had access to an apartment on a nearby road. After the officer told him she did not have the time, appellant asked her if she wanted to "make love." Officer Henderson then testified appellant then asked her "how much" and offered her "$20 to $25 with a tip." At this point, Officer Henderson signaled Detective Parries for backup and appellant was arrested for solicitation. On November 30, 1994, a jury trial began with Duane Collier, defendant-appellant, representing himself. Two days later the jury returned a guilty verdict. Appellant was sentenced to thirty days, suspended sentence, six months probation and a $500 fine. Appellant timely filed this appeal. II. ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR Initially we note Duane Collier, defendant-appellant, has filed a pro se brief in which he fails to substantially comply with the -3- requirements set forth in App.R. 16(A). As such, this court may disregard any assignments of error which appellant failed to provide an argument with reasons in support of his contentions and/or citations to the authorities, statutes and parts of the record on which appellant relies. See App.R. 12(A); Delaney v. Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (July 7, 1994), Cuyahoga App. No. 65714, unreported. In the case sub judice, appellant failed to include any substantive argument supporting each of his assignments of error. Moreover, appellant has failed to provide, in any comprehensible manner, a legal theory upon which each assigned error is predicated. Accordingly, appellant's assignments of error are not well taken. See, also, State v. Huda (Sept. 29, 1994), Cuyahoga App. No. 66268, unreported; State v. Jones (Sept. 16, 1994), Franklin App. No. 93APA12-1737, unreported. Judgment affirmed. -4- It is ordered that appellee recover of appellant its costs herein taxed. The court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal. It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this court directing the Cleveland Municipal Court to carry this judgment into execution. The defendant's conviction having been affirmed, any bail pending appeal is terminated. Case remanded to the trial court for execution of sentence. A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the mandate pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure. HARPER, P.J. and KARPINSKI, J., CONCUR. DAVID T. MATIA JUDGE N.B. This entry is made pursuant to the third sentence of Rule 22(D), Ohio Rules of Appellate Procedure. This is an announcement of decision (see Rule 26). Ten (10) days from the date hereof this document will be stamped to indicate .