State v. Bates

Citations

• 246 N.E.3d 1137
• 2024 Ohio 2587

Syllabus

Formal withdrawal of not guilty pleas acceptance of guilty pleas R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) consecutive-sentence findings clearly and convincingly unsupported by the record. Trial court did not err in accepting defendant's guilty pleas notwithstanding defendant's failure to formally withdraw his previously entered not guilty pleas. By knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily pleading guilty to the charges at issue in connection with his negotiated plea agreement, defendant withdrew his previously entered not guilty pleas. The record did not clearly and convincingly fail to support the trial court's findings in support of the imposition of consecutive sentences.