State v. Dinka

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 4209

Syllabus

The state presented sufficient evidence that appellant violated the civil protection order by calling his ex-girlfriend 15 times on the day he was released from jail, leaving her voicemail messages, coming within 100-yards of his ex-girlfriend, and, after he was rearrested, by sending her more than 20 invitations to video chat through the jail's video visitation system. The trial court's imposition of a 12-month prison term for violation of a civil protection order was not clearly and convincingly contrary to law and was supported by the record. However, because the court failed to properly impose postrelease control, the matter was remanded for the limited purpose of allowing the trial court to employ the postrelease control correction procedures set forth in R.C. 2929.191.