State v. Embry

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 2204

Syllabus

SEX OFFENSES – CLASSIFICATION – REGISTRATION – NOTIFICATION: Where the trial court correctly classified defendant as a Tier II sex offender under the Adam Walsh Act, but the notice form given to defendant was blank where it indicates whether defendant is a sex offender or child-victim offender, the boxes on the form that indicate defendant's tier classification were left blank, and the boxes that indicate the duration and frequency of defendant's registration duties were left blank, and where the trial court did not inform defendant that she had to register with the sheriff or orally provide any of the R.C. 2950.03(B) notifications, the trial court failed to provide defendant with the required notice of her registration duties, and the cause must be remanded for the trial court to correctly notify defendant of her Tier II registration and verification duties and their duration. [See CONCURRENCE: The only error committed by the trial court was failing to check the appropriate boxes on the notification form.]