State v. Gunnels

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 5757

Syllabus

Community control; revocation hearing; no-contact order; right to allocution; abuse of discretion; substantial evidence; violation of community-control sanctions. The trial court did not err in finding the defendant to be in violation of the terms of his community control and in sentencing him to six months' imprisonment for the violation. The defendant violated a no-contact order by staying with the victim in her home while the order was in effect. The trial court also did not err in limiting the defendant's cross-examination of the victim to the single salient issue, which was whether the defendant had been present in the victim's home. Finally, the violation was not a technical violation of community control, because the no-contact order was a condition of community control specifically tailored to address the defendant's underlying criminal conduct.