State v. Banks

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 7135

Syllabus

Under Ohio Constitution, Article IV, Section 4(B), courts of common pleas' jurisdiction is established by law. R.C. 2947.23(C), effective in 2013, establishes that a trial court \retains jurisdiction\ to waive, suspend, or modify the payment of the costs of prosecution beyond final judgment. A trial court that imposes costs and reaches final judgment before the effective date of R.C. 2947.23(C) cannot reach back and reacquire jurisdiction to waive, suspend or modify costs. Thus, R.C. 2947.23(C) does not apply to criminal cases when costs were imposed and final judgment was reached by a common pleas court before the law became effective.