State v. Morton, Unpublished Decision (2-28-2002)

OPINION

Donald Morton, defendant-appellant, appeals from the judgments of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in three separate cases that are consolidated for the purpose of review.

On July 15, 1999, appellant entered a guilty plea to receiving stolen property, in violation of R.C. 2913.51, a felony of the fourth degree.1 The guilty plea related his possession, on March 18, 1999, of a motor vehicle that belonged to Budget Rental Car and had been taken from the owner under a fraudulent rental contract. In consideration of the guilty plea and the request of the prosecutor, the court…