State v. Moten

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 1473

Syllabus

The trial court did not err by failing to merge the defendant's drug trafficking offenses with his offense of illegally conveying drugs onto a governmental facility for purposes of sentencing. Defendant's act of carrying concealed drugs into the county jail was separate conduct committed with a separate animus from his trafficking of those drugs. Defendant's trial counsel did not provide ineffective assistance by acknowledging that defendant would be sentenced to prison for his multiple felonies or by failing to offer stronger arguments in mitigation. Additionally, the record contains information that supported the imposition of consecutive and maximum sentences for Defendant's offenses, and the sentences imposed were not contrary to law. Judgment affirmed.