State v. Niyonzima

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1185

Syllabus

Interpreter; interpreter oath; Crim.R. 11(C)(2); Evid.R. 604; Evid.R. 702; R.C. 2311.14(B); sex offender registration. Affirmed. Appellant appeals his judgment of conviction after pleading guilty to attempted rape and burglary, arguing that his plea was not knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily made. The court finds no error when the oath to the interpreter is not on the record verbatim, the interpreter asked the prosecutor to repeat himself twice, and defendant expressed he did not know what the word \probation\ meant, or if he had been advised by an immigration attorney. The trial court's statement during the plea colloquy that there was \the chance\ defendant would have to register as a sex offender was not error.