In re G.S.

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 3201

Syllabus

Hazing kidnapping sexual battery unlawful restraint delinquent disposition probation report recommendation plain error discretion abuse of discretion overriding purposes reasonably calculated ineffective assistance of counsel continuance community control Ohio Department of Youth Services juvenile sex offender assessment R.C. 2152.19(A) R.C. 2152.01(A) R.C. 2152.01(B). Affirmed the disposition ordered by the juvenile court after appellant was adjudicated delinquent of multiple felony and misdemeanor counts arising from a hazing incident. The charges included kidnapping, and multiple counts of sexual battery, unlawful restraint, and hazing. The trial court acted within its discretion in proceeding to disposition despite the lack of a completed juvenile sex offender registration and notification assessment and a recommendation in the probation report. No plain error occurred in this regard, and counsel was not ineffective for failing to request a continuance. The juvenile court did not abuse its discretion committing appellant to the Ohio Department of Youth Services. The record demonstrated the juvenile court considered the overriding purposes of delinquency disposition under R.C. 2152.01(A) and that the disposition was reasonably calculated to achieve those purposes.