State v. Baker

Waite, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal of a sentence that was reimposed upon appellant Justin W. Baker by the Carroll County Court of Common Pleas after a probation violation. Appellant argues that the court should not have imposed the maximum sentence of eighteen months in prison and that his counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the maximum sentence. It is clear from the record that the trial court limited the maximum possible sentence for a probation violation to twelve months in prison, and the trial court’s subsequent deviation from this possible maximum sentence must be…