State v. Taylor

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5094

Syllabus

Discretionary transfer; bindover; amenability; R.C. 2152.12; guilty plea; misdemeanor; plain error; Crim.R. 52(B). Judgment affirmed. Defendant argues that his convictions and bindover should be reversed and remanded to the juvenile court because the juvenile court (1) abused its discretion when it determined that he was not amenable to treatment in the juvenile court system and (2) committed plain error when it transferred misdemeanor offenses for adult criminal prosecution and accepted waivers premised on a misstatement of law. Because the record provides a rational and factual basis to support the juvenile court's amenability decision, we cannot say that the juvenile court abused its discretion by transferring the defendant's cases to the general division. Assuming arguendo that the juvenile court erred in transferring the defendant's misdemeanor charges and/or failing to distinguish them from his felony charges in its colloquy, the defendant has not demonstrated how those errors impacted his convictions. Therefore, we decline to find plain error.