State v. Townsend

Christine T. McMonagle, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Lawrence Townsend, appeals the December 18, 2007 trial court judgment adjudicating him a sexual predator. Townsend raises five assignments of error for our review. Upon review of the first and second assignments, we reverse and remand with instructions to vacate.

{¶ 2} The record before us indicates that Townsend was convicted of rape in a multicount indictment on August 17, 1972. He was sentenced on May 22, 1973, “for an indeterminate period.” The parties stipulate in their briefs that Townsend was paroled on August 31, 1984. It is…