Cleveland Hts. v. Whitlow

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 368

Syllabus

Dog bite; failure to control; explanation of circumstances; allied offenses; sentencing; community-control sanctions; waiver; constitutional errors; no-contest pleas. - Appellant Keondra Whitlow's convictions are affirmed. Appellant waived her right to recitation or an explanation of circumstances. Whitlow's attempts to dispute the legality of her sentence, including her community-control sanctions, are without merit. Whitlow waived her right to contest the sufficiency of the evidence, including whether the subject dog was vicious, when she pled no contest. Whitlow's various other assignments of error are overruled pursuant to the waiver doctrine and for failure to raise the errors for the first time in the trial court.