State v. Kendrick

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 5789

Syllabus

Misdemeanor Cases Involving Petty Offenses; Effect of a Guilty Plea; Crim.R. 11(E); Merger; R.C. 2941.25; Plain Error. The trial court satisfied the requirement of Crim.R. 11(E) by informing the defendant-appellant of the effect of the plea before accepting his guilty pleas in misdemeanor cases involving petty offenses. Specifically, the trial court informed the defendant-appellant that the plea of guilty is a complete admission of his guilt. The defendant-appellant cannot establish the first element of the plain-error test—that an error occurred—because the trial court did not err by sentencing the defendant-appellant on the domestic-violence and unlawful-restraint convictions.