State v. Squires

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 2035

Syllabus

Consecutive sentences R.C. 2929.14(C)(4)(b) course of conduct nunc pro tunc entry. The trial court imposed consecutive sentences, finding consecutive sentences were necessary to protect the public and punish the offender, were not disproportionate to the conduct of the offender, and that at least two of the multiple offenses were committed as a part of one or more courses of conduct and that harm caused by two or more multiple offenses so committed were so great or unusual that no single prison term for any of the offenses committed. Where three sexual assaults occurred over a five-month period against a disabled individual, the trial court properly found that they were committed as a course of conduct when it determined that there was a similar motivation for the three offenses. An entry of conviction must reflect what occurred in court. The trial court is ordered to enter nunc pro tunc, an entry of conviction that reflects the sentence imposed in court.