State v. Brown

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 4939

Syllabus

The trial court did not err by failing to dismiss the charges brought against appellant where appellant was brought to trial within the state's speedy trial timetable. The trial court also did not err by failing to instruct the jury on any lesser included offenses to aggravated robbery, such as theft, where the failure to request such an instruction was a matter of trial strategy to defend against the serious charges against him. The trial court's decision to sentence appellant to a six-year prison term was proper where the trial court properly considered the necessary sentencing statutes and imposed a sentence that was within the permissible statutory range commiserate with the five and eight-year prison terms the trial court imposed on appellant's two accomplices.