State v. Humphries

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 455

Syllabus

Crim.R. 11 plea hearing; Crim.R. 32.1 motion to withdraw guilty plea; felony sentencing; postrelease control notification; the Reagan Tokes Law notification. Defendant's convictions of felonies including aggravated robbery, felonious assault and having weapons while under disability, with various specifications, are affirmed following his guilty plea. His plea was not coerced by the trial court. The court did not err by denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea, even though it was made immediately prior to the court imposing a prison sentence, because the defendant did not articulate a reasonable legitimate basis for withdrawing his plea. Defendant's 12–15-year indefinite prison sentence is reversed because the court failed to properly advise the defendant of the mandatory statutory notifications at his sentencing hearing under R.C. 2929.19(B)(2)(f) (regarding postrelease control) and R.C. 2929.19(B)(2)(c) (regarding the Reagan Tokes Law). Defendant's sentence is reversed and this case is remanded for the limited purpose of holding a resentencing hearing.