State v. Covington

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 390

Syllabus

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in overruling appellant's petition for post-conviction relief on grounds of untimeliness and res judicata, because the untimeliness of appellant's petition and res judicata bar a challenge to a voidable sentence. Even though the trial court imposed a non-mandatory prison sentence for appellant's offense of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity when a mandatory prison sentence was required by law, that portion of appellant's sentence was voidable, not void. Judgment affirmed. (Froelich, J., concurring in judgment.)