State v. Powell

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5122

Syllabus

Appellant's claim that the State failed to present sufficient evidence establishing that the value of the ring he stole met the $1,000 threshold for a felony-level theft offense is without merit; appellant's felony theft offense merged into his robbery offense, and a robbery conviction requires no evidence of the stolen property's value. Appellant's claim that there was insufficient evidence to support the trial court's award of $3,500 in restitution for the victim's economic loss also lacks merit. The trial court was permitted to base the amount of restitution on the victim's testimony, which indicating that he had paid $6,249.98 for the ring and had attempted to sell it for $3,500. The trial court erred in failing to determine jail-time credit. Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part; remanded for resentencing related to jail-time credit.