In re K.F.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1216

Syllabus

SERIOUS YOUTHFUL OFFENDER; BLENDED SENTENCE; DELINQUENCY ADMISSION; JUV.R. 29; R.C. 2152.13(D)(3); ADULT PORTION OF SERIOUS YOUTHFUL OFFENDER'S SENTENCE; CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); CONSECUTIVE INDEFINITE SENTENCES; R.C. 2929.144. The adjudicated delinquent child-appellant's delinquency admissions were knowing, intelligent, and voluntary because, based on the totality of the circumstances, the juvenile court substantially complied with the requirements of Juv.R. 29(D)(2). The juvenile court erred by imposing consecutive sentences because it did not make any of the three statutorily required findings before imposing consecutive sentences, either at the sentencing hearing or within the sentencing entry. The adjudicated delinquent child-appellant's sentence is also contrary to law because the trial court imposed consecutive indefinite sentences in contravention of R.C. 2929.144.