State v. McKinney

SEAN C. GALLAGHER, J.:

{¶ 1} Joshua McKinney appeals his convictions for disrupting public services and criminal damaging that resulted in a sentence of 18 months in prison on the disrupting public services count, a fourth-degree felony offense. The sentence on the criminal damaging misdemeanor was limited to time served. The only issue preserved for appellate review is whether the two counts should have merged as allied offenses of similar import. They should have, and as a result, we reverse and vacate the sentence imposed on both counts and remand for further proceedings.

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