State v. Taylor (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 163 Ohio St. 3d 508
• 171 N.E.3d 290
• 2020 Ohio 6786

Syllabus

Criminal law—Court-appointed-counsel fees—R.C. 2941.51(D)—Trial courts are permitted to assess court-appointed-counsel fees against a defendant—Trial courts are not required to make specific findings on the record to justify the fee assessment—Court-appointed-counsel fees may be assessed at the sentencing hearing but cannot be included as a part of the defendant's sentence—Court of appeals' judgment reversed and trial-court order vacated in part.