State v. Lammers

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 1518

Syllabus

Appellant was convicted after a plea hearing of attempted leaving the scene of an accident, a misdemeanor of the second degree. The City concedes that there were defects in the plea hearing – specifically, that appellant never stated that she wished to enter a no contest plea. More importantly, trial counsel acted deficiently by failing to move for dismissal of the case on speedy trial grounds. On this record, the trial court's lengthy sua sponte continuance while appellant attended the STOP program was not reasonable, and the speedy trial time had expired prior to appellant's entering her plea. Judgment of conviction vacated. (Welbaum, J., dissenting in part and concurring in part.)