State v. Jones

Citations

• 153 N.E.3d 689
• 2020 Ohio 1273

Syllabus

Criminal nonsupport consecutive misdemeanor jail sentences R.C. 2929.41(B)(1) violation of misdemeanor community control sanctions R.C. 2929.25 extradition costs R.C. 2949.14 costs of prosecution R.C. 2947.23. Trial court was not required to make R.C. 2929.14(C)(4) findings to impose consecutive sentences for misdemeanor offenses. Consecutive sentences vacated and case remanded for resentencing where (1) 24-month aggregate consecutive sentence the trial court imposed at violation of community control hearing for misdemeanor offenses exceeded the 18-month aggregate consecutive sentence permitted under R.C. 2929.41(B)(1) and (2) trial court thereafter attempted to modify aggregate sentence by stating that aggregate total sentence was reduced to \less than 18 months per statute\ in its sentencing journal entry. Orders requiring defendant to pay extradition costs vacated. There was no specific statutory authorization for taxing extradition costs as costs of prosecution against a defendant convicted only of misdemeanors.