Ohio Court of Appeals· 11/5/2020

State v. Watkins

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162 N.E.3d 141
2020 Ohio 5203

Syllabus

Trial court erred in granting judicial release to appellee on the grounds that appellee was at great risk of serious harm or death due to the Covid-19 virus and his comorbidities of recent kidney transplant, diabetes, and hypertension. Appellee was ineligible for conventional judicial release because he was serving a mandatory prison term, and the record does not support a compassionate release under R.C. 2929.20(N). Judgment reversed and vacated.

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stating that, following the enactment of R.C. 2929.20 in 1997, judicial release \is now 'the sole source of judicial authority for modifying the sentence of an incarcerated felon' \

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Judges: Sadler

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