In re J.P.

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5781

Syllabus

On appeal from judgment committing child to the Department of Youth Services (\DYS\) following admission of delinquency for rape and gross sexual imposition. Juvenile court did not err by imposing disposition of commitment to DYS. R.C. 2152.01 does not impose a mandate upon juvenile courts to impose graduated sanctions in individual cases, but all dispositions must be reasonably calculated to achieve the overriding purposes of the statute. Trial court did not err by failing to rely directly upon statistical analysis of dispositions to reject commitment to DYS, and trial court's decision to commit juvenile to DYS was in accordance with Chapter 2152 of the Revised Code. Trial court's factual findings were supported in the record and were not an abuse of the court's discretion, and the cumulative harmless error doctrine is inapplicable to this case. Judgment affirmed.