In re D.L.

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 2161

Syllabus

JUVENILE – GUN SPECIFICATIONS – R.C. 2152.17 – COUNSEL – CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL – DOUBLE JEOPARDY – EQUAL PROTECTION: The juvenile court did not err in imposing, and counsel was not ineffective in failing to challenge the constitutionality of, multiple, cumulative commitments for firearm specifications to underlying felonies committed as part of the same transaction: the commitments were permitted under R.C. 2152.17 and the statute did not violate rights secured by the United States Constitution under the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment, because firearm specifications are sentencing enhancements, not offenses, or under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because the statute is rationally related to a legitimate governmental purpose.