State v. Brown

The dispositive question in this appeal is whether the statute barring prosecutions of felonies (other than aggravated murder or murder), unless commenced within six years, R.C. 2901.13, is a statute of repose so that a court has no jurisdiction over the prosecution of a felony six years after it was committed, or a statute setting forth limitations of time within which a prosecution must be commenced, the effect of which can be waived by a defendant by a plea of guilty. In brief, we hold that R.C. 2901.13 creates limitations that can be waived, and in this case were waived, by the…