State v. Jacobs

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 3218

Syllabus

The sentencing entry imposing postrelease control is not void because a reasonable person in defendant-appellant's position had sufficient notice that the trial court authorized postrelease control to be imposed following the expiration of his sentence despite the trial court's mistaken use of discretionary language in the sentencing entry. Because defendant-appellant's sentence is not void, any challenge to the propriety of the sentencing court's imposition of postrelease control in the sentencing entry could have been raised in a direct appeal. Because defendant-appellant failed to directly appeal his conviction and sentence, any challenge to the imposition of postrelease control is barred by the doctrine of res judicata.