COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA NO. 70057 : STATE OF OHIO : : JOURNAL ENTRY Plaintiff-Appellee : : and -vs- : : OPINION : NELLIE CONNOR : : Defendant-Appellant : : DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT OCTOBER 31, 1996 OF DECISION: CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING: Criminal appeal from Common Pleas Court Case No. CR-233402 JUDGMENT: Dismissed. DATE OF JOURNALIZATION: __________________________ APPEARANCES: For Plaintiff-Appellee: For Defendant-Appellant: BRIAN MCGRAW, ESQ. DONALD GREEN, ESQ. RANDI OSTRY LEHOTY, ESQ. Assistant Public Defender Assistant County Prosecutors 100 Lakeside Place 8th Floor Justice Center 1200 West Third Street 1200 Ontario Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Cleveland, Ohio 44113 -2- PATRICIA ANN BLACKMON, P.J.: Defendant-appellant, Nellie Connor, appeals a judgment of the trial court finding her guilty of theft and food stamp trafficking and assigns the following for our review: THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN FINDING THAT APPEL- LANT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL HAD NOT BEEN VIOLATED. Having reviewed the record of the proceedings and the legal arguments presented by the parties, we dismiss this appeal for lack of a final appealable order. The apposite facts follow. Nellie Connor entered a no contest plea and was found guilty of two separate offenses, theft and food stamp trafficking. Each separate offense is a third degree felony, which carries a minimum sentence of one year and a maximum sentence of two years incarcer- ation. When Connor was sentenced, the judge sentenced her to six months in jail on one of those charges. It is unclear as to which one, and the record is silent as to the sentencing on the second charge. For the failure to sentence on the second charge, this court concludes the order appealed from is interlocutory and not final. Crim.R. 32(B) imposes a mandatory duty upon the trial court to set forth the plea, the verdict or findings, and the sentence for each and every criminal charge prosecuted. E.g. Cleveland v. Wirtz (Aug. 1, 1991), Cuyahoga App.No. 58967, unreported. "In the absence of a signed journal entry reflecting the court's ruling as to each charge, the order of the trial court is interlocutory." Cleveland v. Rubenstein (Oct. 29, 1981), Cuyahoga App. No. 43415, -3- unreported. See, also, State v. Brown (1989), 59 Ohio App.3d 1. Thus, a trial court's ruling is not a final appealable order when there is no sentence imposed for a charge for which there is a finding of guilty. Cleveland v. Makris (May 5, 1994), Cuyahoga App.Nos. 62632, 62633, 62634, unreported. See, also, State v. Dickey (1991), 74 Ohio App.3d 587. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed. -4- This cause is dismissed. It is ordered that appellee recover of appellant its costs herein taxed. A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the mandate pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure. Exceptions. HARPER, J., and PORTER, J., CONCUR. PATRICIA ANN BLACKMON JUDGE "N.B. This entry is an announcement of the court's decision. See App.R. 22(B), 22(D) and 26(A); Loc.App.R. 27. This decision will be journalized and will become the judgment and order of the court pursuant to App.R. 22(E) unless a motion for reconsideration with supporting brief, per App.R. 26(A), is filed within ten (10) days of the announcement of the court's decision. The time period for review by the Supreme Court of Ohio shall begin to run upon the .