State v. Jones

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 847

Syllabus

Court costs R.C. 2947.23 plain error indigency R.C. 5145.16 Ohio Adm.Code 5120-3-05 Ohio Adm.Code 5120-3-08 R.C. 5120.133(A). The trial court did not err when it ordered the defendant to pay court costs or perform community service in prison in lieu of paying court costs. Defendant was going to serve four years in prison. Under R.C. 5145.16, there is a work program in prison. Inmates receive compensation for their services, which is placed in their personal institutional accounts. See Ohio Adm.Code 5120-3-05 and 5120-3-08. R.C. 5120.133(A) permits the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to deduct payments toward a certified judgment from a prisoner's account. Furthermore, Ohio Adm.Code 5120 5 03(D) authorizes the garnishment of an inmate's account to satisfy the inmate's obligations to the court as long as the account retains $25 for inmate expenditures.