State v. French

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 2748

Syllabus

CRIM.R. 11 – COUNSEL – GUILTY PLEA – INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE – SENTENCING: Where the trial court complied with Crim.R. 11(C) before accepting defendant's guilty plea, defendant entered the plea knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently. Where the results of a court clinic evaluation were purely speculative, and where the trial court was aware of defendant's drug issues, defense counsel was not ineffective for failing to request a comprehensive court clinic evaluation. The trial court did not err in imposing sentence where it was not required to make any findings prior to imposing sentence and where the imposed sentence fell within the available sentencing range and was not contrary to law.