In re R.M.

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 4446

Syllabus

JUVENILE – DELINQUENCY – DUE PROCESS – ALLOCUTION: The juvenile court did not violate the juvenile's right to due process when it committed him to the Department of Youth Services where the juvenile's disposition was based upon his underlying adjudication for carrying a concealed weapon, and the juvenile court properly considered his behavior in the interval between his adjudication and his disposition. The juvenile court did not violate the juvenile's right to allocution: a juvenile court's dispositional order is not final until it journalizes its entry, and the court permitted the juvenile and his counsel to present evidence and argue in mitigation before it journalized its entry of commitment.