State v. Coleman

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 4418

Syllabus

Sentence consecutive-sentence findings prosecutor's statement at sentencing hearing. While the prosecutor's reference to the DNA report at the sentencing hearing may have gone beyond the count appellant pleaded guilty to, we will presume that a trial court considered only the relevant, material, and competent evidence in arriving at its judgment, unless the contrary affirmatively appears from the record. While the trial court is not required to give a \word for word recitation\ of the language of the statute when making the findings for an imposition of consecutive sentences, the findings made by the trial court here fall short of what is mandated by R.C. 2929.14. Accordingly, the imposition of consecutive sentences in this case is contrary to law.