State v. Farmer

Citations

• 235 N.E.3d 530
• 2024 Ohio 351

Syllabus

SEX OFFENSES – SENTENCING – TIER CLASSIFICATION – NUNC PRO TUNC: Where, at defendant's first sentencing hearing, before entering his pleas, the trial court informed defendant that he would be classified as a Tier III sex offender and notified him of his registrations duties, defendant indicated that he understood those duties, and defendant signed the notification-of-duties-to-register form and at a second sentencing hearing, the trial court declared that defendant was a Tier III offender after ensuring that defendant understood that he was still classified as a Tier III offender and there were no objections to this procedure and the tier classification was inadvertently omitted from the second sentencing entry, the cause must be remanded for the trial court to correct the sentencing entry by a nunc pro tunc order to include the Tier III classification.