State v. Thompson (Slip Opinion)

Background

{¶ 1} Appellant, Lowell W. Thompson, pled guilty to various offenses, including gross sexual imposition and three counts of rape, and was sentenced accordingly. The sentence was memorialized in a January 11, 2011 entry that recognized 184 days of jail-time credit.

{¶ 2} Three years later, in February 2014, Thompson moved for additional jail-time credit of 87 days for the time he had been held prior to indictment. The trial court denied his motion. Thompson filed a pro se appeal, arguing that the trial court erred when it denied his motion for jail-time credit. The court of appeals…