State v. Garcia

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 3232

Syllabus

The trial court did not abuse its discretion denying appellant's R.C. 2943.031(D) motion. The trial court's duty to provide the R.C. 2943.031(A) immigration advisement, before accepting a guilty or no contest plea to a minor misdemeanor charge, exists only when the defendant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a minor misdemeanor offense in a previous proceeding. The duty created in R.C. 2943.031(A) is not triggered when the trial court considers guilty or no contest pleas to multiple minor misdemeanors offenses together at the same proceeding.