State v. Johnson

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 149

Syllabus

CRIM.R. 11 – GUILTY PLEAS – CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES – PREJUDICE – DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION Defendant's guilty pleas were not involuntary under Crim.R. 11 where the trial court erred by failing to inform defendant that he faced a mandatory consecutive sentence on one charge, but where the trial court did explain the maximum number of months defendant could serve on each charge, where defendant offered no evidence of prejudice, and where the record contained evidence that defendant had actual knowledge of the mandatory consecutive sentence prior to the colloquy. Defendant's guilty pleas were not involuntary under Crim.R. 11 where the trial court erred by misinforming defendant regarding the duration of the driver's license suspension he faced and by failing to inform defendant that suspension was mandatory, but where the trial court did inform him that a license suspension was part of the maximum sentence and then did not impose the mandatory license suspension.