State v. Chatman

Citations

• 214 N.E.3d 701
• 2023 Ohio 1590

Syllabus

The trial court erred in imposing a driver's-license suspension pursuant to R.C. 2921.331 as part of appellant's sentence following his guilty plea to attempted failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer. The suspension is authorized as a sanction for a felony violation of R.C. 2921.331, the failure-to-comply statute. But the appellant was not convicted of violating R.C. 2921.331. He was convicted of committing the substantive offense of attempt to commit an offense in violation of R.C. 2923.02. The license-suspension sanction in R.C. 2921.331 does not apply to the offense of attempted failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer. Pursuant to R.C. 2953.08(G)(2), appellant's three-year driver's-license suspension is vacated. Judgment affirmed as modified.