State v. Williamson

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 1599

Syllabus

INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL - MANDATORY FINE - INDIGENCY - R.C. 2929.18(B)(1): Trial counsel was ineffective in failing to file affidavit of indigency alleging defendant was unable to pay mandatory fines set forth in R.C. 2929.18(B)(1) for two second-degree felony drug offenses where there was a reasonable probability trial court would have found defendant indigent and unable to pay fines had affidavit been timely filed. Trial counsel was not otherwise ineffective and trial court did not err in imposing an aggregate indefinite prison sentence of 7 to 10.5 years. Judgments affirmed, in part, and reversed, in part cause remanded.