State v. White

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 3284

Syllabus

The trial court did not commit plain error in failing to consider the offender's ability to pay restitution because Marsy's Law requires full and timely restitution to all victims, and supersedes the statutory requirement that the trial court consider the offender's ability to pay. Consecutive sentences were not clearly and convincingly contrary to law and were supported by the record where the offender caused a significant amount of economic harm through his crimes, making a single prison term inadequate to reflect the seriousness of his conduct, and was not disproportionate to the danger the offender poses to the public. Trial counsel's decision to stipulate to the restitution amount was a strategic decision and did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.