State v. Gochenour

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 4414

Syllabus

Sentencing Factors; R.C. 2929.11; R.C. 2929.12; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel. Appellate court lacks jurisdiction to consider the application of the sentencing factors. Counsel was not ineffective for not raising all the factors that possibly could have been raised in mitigation when the trial court indicated it had considered those factors. Counsel was not ineffective for failing to raise a letter written to the court by the defendant's mother when there was no indication counsel even knew it existed.