State v. Bailey

Citations

• 218 N.E.3d 858
• 171 Ohio St. 3d 486
• 2022 Ohio 4407

Syllabus

Criminal law—R.C. 2941.25—Plain-error doctrine—A defendant who fails to preserve the issue of merger of allied offenses under R.C. 2941.25 by raising an objection in the trial court forfeits all but plain error—Defendant failed to establish that trial court's decision not to merge kidnapping and rape counts for purposes of sentencing constituted plain error—Judgment reversed and sentence imposed by trial court reinstated.