State v. Dukes

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 454

Syllabus

Concurrent sentences separate crimes. The Ohio Supreme Court has held: A defendant has no constitutional right to concurrent sentences for two separate crimes involving separate acts. Additionally, if the sentence for a particular offense is not disproportionately long, it does not become so merely because it is consecutive to another sentence for a separate offense or because the consecutive sentences are lengthy in aggregate. Upon review, we find that the individual sentences imposed in Dukes's three separate cases are all within the statutory range. In addition, the sentences imposed were not disproportionate to Dukes's conduct, especially as it relates to the attempted felonious assault conviction. As a result, the complained-of sentences are not greatly disproportionate to the offenses as to shock the sense of justice of the community.