State v. Sutton

Abele, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a Chillicothe Municipal Court judgment. The court found that Tabitha L. Sutton, defendant below and appellant herein, violated her community-control requirements. Appellant assigns the following error for our review:

The court below erred by sentencing the defendant to a jail term following a violation of community control sanctions, after the court failed to give the statutory required warnings at the original sentencing.

{¶ 2} On May 1, 2004, an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper stopped appellant for speeding on U.S. 50. During the stop, the…