City of Middleburg Heights v. Quinones

{¶ 1} The city of Middleburg Heights appeals from a decision of the Eighth District Court of Appeals, which concluded, “[C]ourt costs should be assessed for each case and not for each offense.” Middleburg Hts. v. Quinones, Cuyahoga App. No. 88242, 2007-Ohio-3643, 2007 WL 2051994, at ¶97. We accepted jurisdiction over a narrow issue: whether court costs assessed by municipal courts are to be imposed on a per case or per charge basis. After review, we observe that R.C. 2947.23(A)(1) specifies that in all criminal cases, judges are to include the costs of prosecution in the sentence and render a…