State v. Townsend

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 692

Syllabus

Consecutive sentences findings proportionality nunc pro tunc. The trial court made the required statutory findings to support the imposition of consecutive sentences despite the fact that the court did not use the exact words from the statute. A review of the record demonstrates that the trial court found that consecutive sentences were not disproportionate to the danger appellant posed to the public. Further, the evidence in the record supports the trial court's findings. However, while the trial court made the requisite statutory findings, and those findings were supported by evidence in the record, it did not incorporate those findings into its journal entry. That error can be corrected through a nunc pro tunc.