State v. Boatwright

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 5068

Syllabus

CRIMINAL LAW – first-degree misdemeanor theft suspended jail sentence bench trial pro se Crim.R. 44(B) and (C) petty offense waiver of counsel the record establishes, and the State concedes, that Appellant did not knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waive his right to counsel although Appellant's conviction itself is valid and affirmed, the incarceration portion of his sentence is not thus, the trial court's judgment is reversed with respect to the imposition of confinement and the matter remanded for resentencing with the instruction for the trial court to vacate the confinement portion of Appellant's sentence.