State v. Lawrence

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1195

Syllabus

Plea hearing; Crim.R. 11(C)(2); \understandingly and voluntarily\; \maximum penalty involved\; fines; Reagan Tokes advisements; R.C. 2929.19(B)(2)(c); concurrent sentence; life sentence; manifest miscarriage of justice; plain error. Appellant did not demonstrate that he did not understand the consequences of his guilty plea or that he did not plead guilty voluntarily where court misstated which offense carried which potential fine but did not impose fines. Appellant did not demonstrate manifest miscarriage of justice under plain-error analysis where court failed to give Reagan Tokes advisements but first-degree felony conviction to which such advisements applied was run concurrently to a life sentence, meaning appellant would never be eligible for early release nor to serve additional time under the Reagan Tokes Law.