State v. Dillard

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1475

Syllabus

Appellant's claim that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by allowing him to enter guilty pleas to his offenses, as opposed to no-contest pleas, fails because appellant did not argue, let alone establish, that the State would have accepted no-contest pleas on the same terms for which it accepted appellant's guilty pleas. Additionally, the allegedly deficient advice provided by appellant's trial counsel is outside of the record and cannot support an ineffective-assistance claim on direct appeal. Judgment affirmed.