State v. Collins

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 1663

Syllabus

Trial court's imposition of maximum, consecutive sentences following defendant's plea of no contest to aggravated vehicular homicide and failure to stop after an accident was not clearly and convincingly contrary to law. Trial court considered the purposes and principles of sentencing pursuant to R.C. 2929.11 and 2929.12 and made the statutory findings required by R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) to support consecutive sentences. Further, the record supports the sentence where the defendant, after excessive alcohol and cocaine use, drove his vehicle off a roadway in the middle of the night, collided with a mobile home with enough force and speed to dislodge it from its foundation, and fatally struck the victim as she slept inside.