State v. Azeen (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 170 N.E.3d 864
• 163 Ohio St. 3d 447
• 2021 Ohio 1735

Syllabus

Criminal law—In the absence of a negotiated plea agreement showing an express or implied reservation by the state of the right to file additional charges and that a defendant had been induced into offering a guilty plea, the state may pursue additional charges when a victim of a crime later dies of the injuries sustained in the crime—State was entitled to file aggravated-murder charges when victim later died of injuries suffered years earlier—No plea agreement was entered on the record when defendant was initially charged with attempted murder—Inference of a plea agreement was not supported by facts in evidence.