State v. Fulk

Preston, Judge.

{¶ 1} Pro se defendant-appellant John R. Fulk appeals the Van Wert County Court of Common Pleas decision to resentence him to nonminimum and consecutive prison terms totaling 16 years. For the reasons that follow, we vacate Fulk’s new sentence, and we remand this cause to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

{¶ 2} On July 2, 2004, the Van Wert County Grand Jury indicted Fulk on six counts of rape in violation of R.C. 2907.02(A)(1)(b). Each count constituted a first-degree felony offense.

{¶ 3} Fulk pleaded not guilty to the six counts. But on…