State v. Edmonson

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 4314

Syllabus

Trial court committed clerical error requiring nunc pro tunc correction where judgment entry incompletely described plea agreement terms by omitting reference to dismissed sexual motivation specification that eliminated defendant's life sentence exposure. Defendant's constitutional challenge to validity of guilty plea was moot where court determined that sexual motivation specification was eliminated from kidnapping charge, removing the factual basis for the due process claim. Trial court's imperfect plea colloquy did not invalidate defendant's guilty plea where defendant received adequate information about the charge through multiple sources and failed to demonstrate prejudice under Crim.R. 11(C). Trial court committed clerical error by mischaracterizing defendant's felonious-assault conviction as first-degree felony when statute classifies offense as second-degree felony, warranting correction through nunc pro tunc entry.